Puffs of Logic and Other Mind-Altering Substances

Fire in the sky

2013-02-15T17:32:00.000-08:00

Today we'll be blogging about meteors.

Meteorite hits Russian Urals: Fireball explosion wreaks havoc, up to 1, 200 injured

https://rt.com/news/meteorite-crash-urals-chelyabinsk-283/

Amateur video footage:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDfvsEHztZg&feature=player_embedded

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MwzYnJ5rIjw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r78ZjEwIqD4&feature=player_embedded

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw9IAeja_Cs&feature=player_embedded

Cuckoo: Russian parliament member says meteor was actually a U.S. weapons test

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/02/15/russian-parliament-member-says-meteor-was-actually-a-u-s-weapons-test/

Report: Bus-Sized 'Meteorite-Like Object' Explodes over Cuba

http://www.heavy.com/news/2013/02/meteorite-like-object-strikes-cuba-as-asteroid-buzzes-earth-after-russia-meteorite-strike/

Things are happening fast, time to play games

2013-02-14T21:33:00.006-08:00

So, after The Vatican being put on 'cash only' while money laundering concerns are being investigated, The Pope has announced his resignation... and, uhm, lightning struck the Basilica?

Weird.

Anyways, it's time for some escapism into the world of games and giant robots.

Honestly, I'm just bookmarking this stuff for my own personal use later. I'm sure you all care.

Goblin Workshop Games: http://www.goblinworkshopgames.com/

Coming soon: Mechwarrior Online! http://mwomercs.com/

MegaMek: Play Battletech online! http://megamek.info/

Mekwars campaign for MegaMek! http://www.mekwars.org/

Foundation of a Weaponized Term

2013-02-03T18:35:00.000-08:00

Neat article from: http://memoryholeblog.com/2013/01/20/cia-document-1035-960-foundation-of-a-weaponized-term/#more-2077

“Conspiracy theory” is a term that at once strikes fear and anxiety in the hearts of most every public figure, particularly journalists and academics. Since the 1960s the label has become a disciplinary device that has been overwhelmingly effective in defining certain events off limits to inquiry or debate. Especially in the United States raising legitimate questions about dubious official narratives destined to inform public opinion (and thereby public policy) is a major thought crime that must be cauterized from the public psyche at all costs.

Conspiracy theory’s acutely negative connotations may be traced to liberal historian Richard Hofstadter’s well-known fusillades against the “New Right.” Yet it was the Central Intelligence Agency that likely played the greatest role in effectively “weaponizing” the term. In the groundswell of public skepticism toward the Warren Commission’s findings on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the CIA sent a detailed directive to all of its bureaus. Titled “Countering Criticism of the Warren Commission Report,” the dispatch played a definitive role in making the “conspiracy theory” term a weapon to be wielded against almost any individual or group calling the government’s increasingly clandestine programs and activities into question.
This important memorandum and its broad implications for American politics and public discourse are detailed in a forthcoming book by Florida State University political scientist Lance deHaven-Smith, Conspiracy Theory in America. Dr. deHaven-Smith devised the state crimes against democracy concept to interpret and explain potential government complicity in events such as the Gulf of Tonkin incident, the major political assassinations of the 1960s, and 9/11.

CIA Document 1035-960 was released in response to a 1976 FOIA request by the New York Times. The directive is especially significant because it outlines the CIA’s concern regarding “the whole reputation of the American government” vis-à-vis the Warren Commission Report. The agency was especially interested in maintaining its own image and role as it “contributed information to the [Warren] investigation.”

The memorandum lays out a detailed series of actions and techniques for “countering and discrediting the claims of the conspiracy theorists, so as to inhibit the circulation of such claims in other countries.” For example, approaching “friendly elite contacts (especially politicians and editors)” to remind them of the Warren Commission’s integrity and soundness should be prioritized. “[T]he charges of the critics are without serious foundation,” the document reads, and “further speculative discussion only plays in to the hands of the [Communist] opposition.”

The agency also directed its members “[t]o employ propaganda assets to [negate] and refute the attacks of the critics. Book reviews and feature articles are particularly appropriate for this purpose.”

1035-960 further delineates specific techniques for countering “conspiratorial” arguments centering on the Warren Commission’s findings. Such responses and their coupling with the pejorative label have been routinely wheeled out in various guises by corporate media outlets, commentators and political leaders to this day against those demanding truth and accountability about momentous public events.

*No significant new evidence has emerged which the [Warren] Commission did not consider.

*Critics usually overvalue particular items and ignore others.

*Conspiracy on the large scale often suggested would be impossible to conceal in the United States.

*Critics have often been enticed by a form of intellectual pride: they light on some theory and fall in love with it.

*Oswald would not have been any sensible person’s choice for a co-conspirator.

*Such vague accusations as that “more than ten people have died mysteriously” [during the Warren Commission’s inquiry] can always be explained in some natural way e.g.: the individuals concerned have for the most part died of natural causes.

Today more so than ever news media personalities and commentators occupy powerful positions for initiating propaganda activities closely resembling those set out in 1035-960 against anyone who might question state-sanctioned narratives of controversial and poorly understood occurrences. Indeed, as the motives and methods encompassed in the document have become fully internalized by intellectual workers and operationalized through such media, the almost uniform public acceptance of official accounts concerning unresolved events such as the Oklahoma City Murrah Federal Building bombing, 9/11, and most recently the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, is largely guaranteed.

The effect on academic and journalistic inquiry into ambiguous and unexplained events that may in turn mobilize public inquiry, debate and action has been dramatic and far-reaching. One need only look to the rising police state and evisceration of civil liberties and constitutional protections as evidence of how this set of subtle and deceptive intimidation tactics has profoundly encumbered the potential for future independent self-determination and civic empowerment.

Gun Control

2013-01-31T16:54:00.003-08:00

A neat collection of links from the article, "MK Ultra, Civilian Disarmament, WW3, the CFR And Why It’s Time To Get Passports In Order"

"Although I believe the picture is becoming clearer to the reader, as a student of both history and psychology, normalcy bias is expected. To counter this predictable response I have compiled a report of more recent events that clearly documents the government is planning for a major event, one that does not seem to be in the public interest.

- Civilian Inmate Program established and revised under army regulation 210-35 – Jan. 2005 (PDF available online, search term “army regulation 210-35 pdf“)

- The infamous KBR company is awarded a 385 million dollar contract by the DHS to build “detention camps” and help establish “the development of a plan to react to a national emergency.” – Jan. 2006 (http://www.kbr.com/Newsroom/Press-Releases/2006/01/24/KBR-Awarded-US-Department-of-Homeland-Security-Contingency-Support-Project-for-Emergency-Support-Services/)

- 20,000 US troops begin training for internal deployment and will be ready as early as 2011. – Dec. 2008 (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/30/AR2008113002217.html)

- HR 645, National Emergency Centers Establishment Act calls for “no fewer than 6 national emergency centers on military installations” to house “individuals and families dislocated due to an emergency.” – Jan. 2009 (http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/111/hr645/text)

- The DoD, partner of the DHS, names protests as “low level terrorism activity.” – June 2009 (http://infowars.net/articles/june2009/150609Protest.htm)

- US military manual FM-3-39.40 Internment and Resettlement establish the foundation for “re-education camps” that will be implemented by “Psychological Operations Officers” who are to target “political activists.” – Feb. 2010 (PDF available online, search term “US military manual FM-3-39.40 pdf“)

- TruTv show host Jesse Ventura plans on airing proof of FEMA detention camps which is then cancelled by the network due to pressure from the DHS. – Dec. 2010 (http://youtu.be/_Ohq12lVwAE)

- On the last day of 2011, going against his word, Obama signed into law HR 1540, the National Defense Authorization Act for 2012 which gives him the power to detain US citizens indefinitely without trial if they are perceived terrorist threats. – Dec. 2011 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defense_Authorization_Act)

- HR 347 is signed into law making it illegal to protest without “legal authorization” at the White house and other “restricted locations.” – March 2012 (http://www.aclu.org/blog/free-speech/ready-occupy-what-you-need-know-about-hr-347-criminalizing-protest-law)

- The DHS, which works internally in the US against perceived “domestic terrorism” buys 450 million rounds of armor piercing bullets for which it offers no explanation. – March 2012 (http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-03-28/news/31247765_1_atk-rounds-bullet)

- Executive Order 12472, Assignment of National Security and Emergency Preparedness Communications Functions act gives the DHS the power to control “commercial, government, and privately owned communications resources” in the event of an “emergency” giving the government the power to control civilian communications. – July 2012 (http://www.ncs.gov/library/policy_docs/eo_12472.html)

- The DHS, which as stated before works internally in the US against perceived “domestic terrorism” buys another 750 million rounds of ammo. – August 2012 (http://rt.com/usa/news/dhs-ammo-rounds-security-560/)

- The DHS puts in another order for 200,000 rounds of ammo – December 2012 (https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=7b5c06fb36a4ab38763d05c4ebeac203&_cview=0)

At this time, based on thorough documentation, I am hoping that the reader has overcome the obstacle spoken of in the very beginning of this article — the obstacle of conditioned and prejudiced thought, rooted in reckless emotion which have been subtly indoctrinated in all of us to ensure obedience and docility to the ruling class. Bear in mind these findings do not take into full account the ever growing police state but nonetheless I do believe this should suffice.

So what could this be about? Does the government really plan on committing democide? Or is there a different agenda?

Personally I tend to think in terms of possibilities and not absolute certainties in which case there are several major possibilities from which we should consider..."

I would add the following tidbit to this list:
For your consideration, Dr. Jim Garrow is the author of The Pink Pagoda: One Man’s Quest to End Gendercide in China. He has spent over $25 million over the past sixteen years rescuing an estimated 40,000 baby Chinese girls from near-certain death under China’s one-child-per-couple policy by facilitating international adoptions. He is the founder and executive director of the Bethune Institute’s Pink Pagoda schools, private English-immersion schools for Chinese children. Today he runs 168 schools with nearly 6,300 employees.

He wrote this on his Facebook wall the other day:

I have just been informed by a former senior military leader that Obama is using a new "litmus test" in determining who will stay and who must go in his military leaders. Get ready to explode folks. "The new litmus test of leadership in the military is if they will fire on US citizens or not". Those who will not are being removed.

- Dr. Jim Garrow - January 21, 2013

See him interviewed here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g079Lj17Ao

I think he's talking about this guy:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Mattis

http://freebeacon.com/report-obama-ousting-centcom-chief-mattis/

Some reading about methane

2013-01-30T20:02:00.000-08:00

I've been somewhat interested in tracking climate change news lately.

One of these days I will be writing some boilerplate disclaimers for use online, and on this blog. Meantime, I will repeat, briefly, that my intention in offering this information is simply to offer information, and keep it available... for my own benefit, and for that of anyone else who happens along here.

I am making no assertions.

I don't think the world is ending. (Not in any traditional sense, anyways)

I think that information exists, and can speak for itself, sometimes in ways that are misleading.

So,

A New York Times article about how the Triassic mass extinction is being blamed on methane gas:

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/26/science/26obearth.html?_r=2&

A ScienceDaily article on the same topic:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/08/030828071722.htm

An Arctic News blog piece writing titled:

Global Extinction within one Human Lifetime as a Result of a Spreading Atmospheric Arctic Methane Heat wave and Surface Firestorm

http://arctic-news.blogspot.ca/p/global-extinction-within-one-human.html

Climate Change: Arctic shelf leaking potent Greenhouse Gas:

http://www.ipsnews.net/2010/03/climate-change-arctic-shelf-leaking-potent-greenhouse-gas/

North Sea Gas Leak: Experts Assess Climate Impact of Ongoing Accident:

http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20120405/Total-Elgin-north-sea-gas-leak-methane-experts-assess-climate-change-GHG-impact-ongoing-accident

Bridge To Nowhere? NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9% From Gas Fields, Gutting Climate Benefit

http://theenergycollective.com/stephenlacey/166006/bridge-nowhere-noaa-confirms-high-methane-leakage-rate-9-gas-fields-gutting-clim

LiveScience: 40 Seafloor Gas Seeps found off US East Coast:

http://www.livescience.com/25973-east-coast-gas-seeps.html

Officials: Increased seismic activity below giant sinkhole — Cracks developing on pad nearby — Another ‘burp’ this morning — State Police helicopter on-scene

http://enenews.com/officials-cracks-developing-pad-nearby-giant-sinkhole-increased-seismic-activity-another-burp-morning-state-police-helicopter-scene

Actual video footage of methane bubbling out of a giant sinkhole in Louisiana

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP2rOrHeXYA

Not directly related, perhaps, but still concerning:

CBC News: CO2 levels threaten marine food chain, study says

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/11/26/sci-snails-oceans.html

The Devil in the Details

2013-01-20T12:33:00.000-08:00

In the wake of tragedies like the incident at Sandy Hook, calls go out to think of the children, and how the world can be made safe for them. I agree. The welfare of children should be given due consideration.

As usual, my intent here is not to make any specific allegations or claims. I aim to present a Rorschact blot of interesting material from which you can draw your own conclusions.

Let's see what's going on in the world...

Theodore L. Gunderson (November 7, 1928 - July 31, 2011 was an American Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent In Charge and head of the Los Angeles FBI. He was most famous for handling the Marilyn Monroe and the John F. Kennedy cases. He was the author of the best selling book How to Locate Anyone Anywhere.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Gunderson

Here's video of Ted alleging the existence of a vast underground network of drug-smugglers and Satanic pedophiles operating through the albabet intelligence agencies of the United States, with tendrils reaching all the way to the steps of The White House. He also goes on at some length about false flag attacks in the United States, and about The Bavarian Illuminati, whoever they are.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4qWYv67XA4

One thing Ted was excited about was having obtained a copy of the documentary, Conspiracy of Silence: The Franklin Cover-up, which had been scheduled to air on television but had been nixxed by congressional order. Uh oh, there's that "conspiracy" word again: cuckoo!

Here's the documentary!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=D3IsCPOADc4

This here CTV news article discusses the discovery of an unprecedented level of involvement by government officials and members of high society in child pornography within the United States.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKFOKAYBeVc&feature=player_embedded

This here article is called, "Ann Romney Invested in Goldman Sachs Fund That Exited Sex Site Backpage.com".

I'm not sure what it's all about, but have a read:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/03/ann-romney-trust-goldman-sachs-backpagecom_n_1399204.html

This here article is about the recent discovery that Jimmy Savile, BBC icon, 33rd degree Scottish Right Freemason, Knight of Malta, Friend to the Royals, molested hundreds of girls while wearing robes and a mask and chanting "Ave Satanis" in Latin.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/01/14/283479/bbcs-savile-was-part-of-satanic-ring/

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/371936/I-was-raped-at-13-by-Jimmy-Savile-in-satanist-ritual

I'm sure it was an isolated incident.

This here video is an interview conducted with one of the abuse victims in a UK pedophilia ring that was recently discovered. It's neat, because he alleges that nearly everyone involved in the ring was a Freemason.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m-5BUNXfNU&feature=share

While I can't really be sure it relates, here's some video footage of autistic kids being tortured with electrical shocks at a public school.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdqaRbrZQlo&feature=autoshare

Links To Disturbing Stuff

2013-01-17T02:31:00.002-08:00

This is just a little collection of links to stories that I think people should be paying attention to.

The coming dark times:

Us Army Internment and Resettlement Manual:

http://info.publicintelligence.net/USArmy-InternmentResettlement.pdf

Business Insider article: DHS ordering 450 million rounds of hollow point ammo

http://www.businessinsider.com/us-immigration-agents-are-loading-up-on-as-many-as-450-million-new-rounds-of-ammo-2012-3

Business Insider: DHS still stockpiling new bullets

http://www.businessinsider.com/dhs-fletc-ammunition-purchases-750-million-200-million-40-caliber-rounds-2013-1

Actual government procurement order for hollow point ammunition:

https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=7b5c06fb36a4ab38763d05c4ebeac203&_cview=0

Fox News: we're now one step closer to America's coming civil war:

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/01/03/were-now-one-step-closer-to-america-coming-civil-war/?intcmp=trending

ABC News: court oks barring high IQs for cops:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/story?id=95836#.UMuV

Released FBI documents reveal plan to assassinate OWS protestors:

http://banoosh.com/2012/12/23/released-fbi-documents-reveal-plans-to-assassinate-ows-activists/

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/549518-fbi-ows-documents.html

A West Point think tank has issued a paper warning America about “far right” groups such as the “anti-federalist” movement, which supports “civil activism, individual freedoms and self-government.”

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/17/west-point-center-cites-dangers-far-right-us/

Flying Lasagna Day

2013-01-11T11:16:00.000-08:00

HAPPY FLYING LASAGNA DAY!!

Noting the passing of the great Robert Anton Wilson...

On January 6, 2007, Wilson wrote on his blog that according to several medical authorities, he would likely only have between two days and two months left to live. He closed this message with "I look forward without dogmatic optimism but without dread. I love you all and I deeply implore you to keep the lasagna flying. Please pardon my levity, I don't see how to take death seriously. It seems absurd." He died peacefully five days later, on January 11 at 4:50 a.m. Pacific time.

"Keep the lasagna flying" was an exhortation to practice rigorous intellectual agnositicism and non-aristotelean logic as often as possible. Opining that "belief is the death of intelligence", Wilson advised maintaining a flexible and fluid mentality as free as possible from dogmatic constraint. An adept of this sort of thinking should be able to argue seriously that "lasagna could fly."

In honour of this day, I am preparing a lasagna in the crockpot, which later this evening I shall be launching down the street with a makeshift sling.

I miss you Bob. The world needs your wisdom.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Anton_Wilson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Aristotelian_logic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY5r_zox-a8

CSIS: China Controls Canadian Politicians

2013-01-07T11:06:00.000-08:00

Drafting a letter to the local paper about this thing here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=43fk6BCr7hM#!

Several months ago, Richard Fadden, director of CSIS, spoke to CBC news and candidly discussed his concerns that several provincial and municipal politicians were under the influence of foreign governments, most notably China, and that said governments were playing a long game of expanding their influence here by recruiting candidates through the universities at social clubs.

That the director of CSIS is taking this extraordinary step speaks to the perceived direness of the situation.

I cannot help but be reminded of the time John F Kennedy addressed the press and warned them of their duty in helping to combat the creep of outside influences, making a few cryptic comments about Marxism and secret societies before alleging "we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence--on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on guerrillas by night instead of armies by day. It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations. Its preparations are concealed, not published. Its mistakes are buried not headlined. Its dissenters are silenced, not praised. No expenditure is questioned, no rumor is printed, no secret is revealed."

I am aware that as the world's situation grows more complex, dire threats are being perceived in all quarters. Further, I cannot pretend to see the big picture or to understand all the forces at work. I know that warnings of a takeover of our government by foreign infiltrators given by the director of CSIS should be heeded. I know that our press institutions understand that it is their dedication to keeping the people informed and up-to-date about the matter may be the only slim hope for our nation to survive this. I am confident that these organizations are developing a long-term strategy that will see them do their utmost to keep the public aware of the nature of the problem.

I have great faith that although foreign governments may be subverting our elected officials, they could and would never subvert our free press, whose men and women must also live and raise families here. I know we can trust them with our nation's future.

I likewise have great faith that the men and women serving as MPs on Parliament Hill, who are clearly above reproach, will understand the immediacy and direness of this threat to our civilization and will be making every attempt to push the topic to the top of their political agenda.

Regards,

xxx

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Alright, at this link here http://www.canlaw.com/media/emailed.htm

...we have a list of email addresses for national media outlets in Canada.

jgadd@globeandmail.ca 
letters@macleans.ca 
marnoon@halifax.cbc.ca 
mediatv@mail.north.net 
mirror@fc.babylon.montreal.qc.ca 
national@toronto.cbc.ca 
NEWSDAY@ottawa.cbc.ca 
news_ed@canoe.ca 
politics@toronto.cbc.ca 
radio@edmonton.cbc.ca 
sunletters@ppress.wimsey.com 
tabtips@ppress.wimsey.com 
city_desk@freepress.mb.ca 
wreport@toronto.cbc.ca 
almanac@mindlink.bc.ca 
cairn@musicm.mcgill.ca 
fifth@toronto.cbc.ca 
info@lifenet.ca 
kixx@foxnet.net 
mainstreet@halifax.cbc.ca 
marc@web.apc.org 
news@ctv.ca 
newsroom@globeandmail.ca 
promo@chez106.com 
pulse@citytv.com 
radionet@edmonton.src.ca 
radionews@toronto.cbc.ca 
sjinfoam@saintjohn.cbc.ca 
talk640@wic.ca 
timesc@interlink.bc.ca 
tips@utvnews.com

And at this link here, a list of email addresses of Canadian MPs: http://butterflystorms.blog.ca/2011/07/05/canadian-mps-email-addresses-web-pages-11431378/

NDP

malcolm.allen@parl.gc.ca,charlie.angus@parl.gc.ca,niki.ashton@parl.gc.ca,alex.atamanenko@parl.gc.ca,Robert.Aubin@parl.gc.ca,
Paulina.Ayala@parl.gc.ca,Tyrone.Benskin@parl.gc.ca,dennis.bevington@parl.gc.ca,Denis.Blanchette@parl.gc.ca,Lysane.Blanchette-Lamothe@parl.gc.ca,Francoise.Boivin@parl.gc.ca,Charmaine.Borg@parl.gc.ca,Alexandre.Boulerice@parl.gc.ca,Marjolaine.Boutin-Sweet@parl.gc.ca, Tarik.Brahmi@parl.gc.ca,RuthEllen.Brosseau@parl.gc.ca,Guy.Caron@parl.gc.ca,Andrew.Cash@parl.gc.ca,chris.charlton@parl.gc.ca,
Sylvain.Chicoine@parl.gc.ca,Robert.Chisholm@parl.gc.ca,Francois.Choquette@parl.gc.ca,olivia.chow@parl.gc.ca,
david.christopherson@parl.gc.ca,Ryan.Cleary@parl.gc.ca,joe.comartin@parl.gc.ca,Raymond.Cote@parl.gc.ca,
jean.crowder@parl.gc.ca,nathan.cullen@parl.gc.ca,don.davies@parl.gc.ca,libby.davies@parl.gc.ca,Anne-Marie.Day@parl.gc.ca,
paul.dewar@parl.gc.ca,Pierre.DionneLabelle@parl.gc.ca,fin.donnelly@parl.gc.ca,Rosane.DoreLefebvre@parl.gc.ca,
Matthew.Dube@parl.gc.ca,linda.duncan@parl.gc.ca,Pierre-Luc.Dusseault@parl.gc.ca,Mylene.Freeman@parl.gc.ca,Randall.Garrison@parl.gc.ca,Rejean.Genest@parl.gc.ca,Jonathan.Genest-Jourdain@parl.gc.ca,Alain.Giguere@parl.gc.ca,yvon.godin@parl.gc.ca,claude.gravelle@parl.gc.ca,Sadia.Groguhe@parl.gc.ca,
Dan.Harris@parl.gc.ca,jack.harris@parl.gc.ca,Sana.Hassainia@parl.gc.ca,carol.hughes@parl.gc.ca,bruce.hyer@parl.gc.ca,
Pierre.Jacob@parl.gc.ca,peter.julian@parl.gc.ca,Matthew.Kellway@parl.gc.ca,Francois.Lapointe@parl.gc.ca,Jean-Francois.Larose@parl.gc.ca,
Alexandrine.Latendresse@parl.gc.ca,Helene.Laverdiere@parl.gc.ca,Helene.LeBlanc@parl.gc.ca,
megan.leslie@parl.gc.ca,Laurin.Liu@parl.gc.ca,Hoang.Mai@parl.gc.ca,wayne.marston@parl.gc.ca,pat.martin@parl.gc.ca,
brian.masse@parl.gc.ca,irene.mathyssen@parl.gc.ca,Elaine.Michaud@parl.gc.ca,Christine.Moore@parl.gc.ca,
Dany.Morin@parl.gc.ca,Isabelle.Morin@parl.gc.ca,Marc-Andre.Morin@parl.gc.ca,Marie-Claude.Morin@parl.gc.ca,thomas.mulcair@parl.gc.ca,Pierre.Nantel@parl.gc.ca,Peggy.Nash@parl.gc.ca,Jamie.Nicholls@parl.gc.ca,
Jose.Nunez-Melo@parl.gc.ca,Annick.Papillon@parl.gc.ca,Claude.Patry@parl.gc.ca,Eve.Peclet@parl.gc.ca,Manon.Perreault@parl.gc.ca,
Francois.Pilon@parl.gc.ca,
john.rafferty@parl.gc.ca,Mathieu.Ravignat@parl.gc.ca,Francine.Raynault@parl.gc.ca,
Jean.Rousseau@parl.gc.ca,Romeo.Saganash@parl.gc.ca,Jasbir.Sandhu@parl.gc.ca,denise.savoie@parl.gc.ca,
Djaouida.Sellah@parl.gc.ca,devinder.shory@parl.gc.ca,Jinny.Sims@parl.gc.ca,Rathika.Sitsabaiesan@parl.gc.ca,Lise.St-Denis@parl.gc.ca,Kennedy.Stewart@parl.gc.ca,peter.stoffer@parl.gc.ca,Mike.Sullivan@parl.gc.ca,glenn.thibeault@parl.gc.ca,
Philip.Toone@parl.gc.ca,Jonathan.Tremblay@parl.gc.ca

Conservative:

diane.ablonczy@parl.gc.ca,Eve.Adams@parl.gc.ca,Mark.Adler@parl.gc.ca,
leona.aglukkaq@parl.gc.ca,Dan.Albas@parl.gc.ca,harold.albrecht@parl.gc.ca,
Chris.Alexander@parl.gc.ca, mike.allen@parl.gc.ca,dean.allison@parl.gc.ca, Stella.Ambler@parl.gc.ca,rona.ambrose@parl.gc.ca,rob.anders@parl.gc.ca, david.anderson@parl.gc.ca,scott.armstrong@parl.gc.ca,keith.ashfield@parl.gc.ca, Jay.Aspin@parl.gc.ca,John.baird@parl.gc.ca,Joyce.Bateman@parl.gc.ca,leon.benoit@parl.gc.ca,maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca,
james.bezan@parl.gc.ca,steven.blaney@parl.gc.ca,kelly.block@parl.gc.ca,ray.boughen@parl.gc.ca,
peter.braid@parl.gc.ca,garry.breitkreuz@parl.gc.ca,gord.brown@parl.gc.ca,lois.brown@parl.gc.ca,
patrick.brown@parl.gc.ca,
rod.bruinooge@parl.gc.ca,Brad.Butt@parl.gc.ca,paul.calandra@parl.gc.ca,blaine.calkins@parl.gc.ca,
ron.cannan@parl.gc.ca,John.Carmichael@parl.gc.ca,colin.carrie@parl.gc.ca,Corneliu.Chisu@parl.gc.ca,michael.chong@parl.gc.ca,
rob.clarke@parl.gc.ca,tony.clement@parl.gc.ca,Joe.Daniel@parl.gc.ca,pat.davidson@parl.gc.ca,
dean.delmastro@parl.gc.ca,dean.delmastro@parl.gc.ca,barry.devolin@parl.gc.ca,earl.dreeshen@parl.gc.ca,
john.duncan@parl.gc.ca,rick.dykstra@parl.gc.ca,julian.fantino@parl.gc.ca,ed.fast@parl.gc.ca,Kerry-Lynne.Findlay@parl.gc.ca,diane.finley@parl.gc.ca,jim.flaherty@parl.gc.ca,steven.fletcher@parl.gc.ca,royal.galipeau@parl.gc.ca,cheryl.gallant@parl.gc.ca,
shelly.glover@parl.gc.ca,Robert.Goguen@parl.gc.ca,peter.goldring@parl.gc.ca,gary.goodyear@parl.gc.ca,Bal.Gosal@parl.gc.ca,jacques.gourde@parl.gc.ca,
nina.grewal@parl.gc.ca,stephen.harper@parl.gc.ca,richard.harris@parl.gc.ca,laurie.hawn@parl.gc.ca,Bryan.Hayes@parl.gc.ca,russ.hiebert@parl.gc.ca,
Jim.Hillyer@parl.gc.ca,randy.hoback@parl.gc.ca,candice.hoeppner@parl.gc.ca,
ed.holder@parl.gc.ca,Roxanne.James@parl.gc.ca,brian.jean@parl.gc.ca,
randy.kamp@parl.gc.ca,gerald.keddy@parl.gc.ca,jason.kenney@parl.gc.ca,peter.kent@parl.gc.ca,greg.kerr@parl.gc.ca,ed.komarnicki@parl.gc.ca,
daryl.kramp@parl.gc.ca,mike.lake@parl.gc.ca,denis.lebel@parl.gc.ca,
Ryan.Leef@parl.gc.ca,Kellie.Leitch@parl.gc.ca,pierre.lemieux@parl.gc.ca,Chungsen.Leung@parl.gc.ca,Wladyslaw.Lizon@parl.gc.ca,ben.lobb@parl.gc.ca,tom.lukiwski@parl.gc.ca,james.lunney@parl.gc.ca,peter.mackay@parl.gc.ca,dave.mackenzie@parl.gc.ca,colin.mayes@parl.gc.ca,
phil.mccoleman@parl.gc.ca,cathy.mcleod@parl.gc.ca,Costas.Menegakis@parl.gc.ca,
ted.menzies@parl.gc.ca,larry.miller@parl.gc.ca,james.moore@parl.gc.ca,rob.moore@parl.gc.ca,
rob.nicholson@parl.gc.ca,deepak.obhrai@parl.gc.ca,
gordon.oconnor@parl.gc.ca,
bev.oda@parl.gc.ca,Joe.Oliver@parl.gc.ca,tilly.oneillgordon@parl.gc.ca,Ted.Opitz@parl.gc.ca,
christian.paradis@parl.gc.ca,lavar.payne@parl.gc.ca,Peter.Penashue@parl.gc.ca,
pierre.poilievre@parl.gc.ca,joe.preston@parl.gc.ca,lisa.raitt@parl.gc.ca,brent.rathgeber@parl.gc.ca,
scott.reid@parl.gc.ca,Michelle.Rempel@parl.gc.ca,blake.richards@parl.gc.ca,
lee.richardson@parl.gc.ca,greg.rickford@parl.gc.ca,gerry.ritz@parl.gc.ca,andrew.saxton@parl.gc.ca,
andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca,gary.schellenberger@parl.gc.ca,Kyle.Seeback@parl.gc.ca,
gail.shea@parl.gc.ca,bev.shipley@parl.gc.ca,joy.smith@parl.gc.ca,robert.sopuck@parl.gc.ca,
kevin.sorenson@parl.gc.ca,bruce.stanton@parl.gc.ca,brian.storseth@parl.gc.ca,
Mark.Strahl@parl.gc.ca,
david.sweet@parl.gc.ca,david.tilson@parl.gc.ca,Lawrence.Toet@parl.gc.ca,vic.toews@parl.gc.ca,
brad.trost@parl.gc.ca,Bernard.Trottier@parl.gc.ca,Susan.Truppe@parl.gc.ca,
merv.tweed@parl.gc.ca,tim.uppal@parl.gc.ca,Bernard.Valcourt@parl.gc.ca,Frank.valeriote@parl.gc.ca,dave.vankesteren@parl.gc.ca,
peter.vanloan@parl.gc.ca,maurice.vellacott@parl.gc.ca,mike.wallace@parl.gc.ca,
mark.warawa@parl.gc.ca,chris.warkentin@parl.gc.ca,jeff.watson@parl.gc.ca,
john.weston@parl.gc.ca,john.weston@parl.gc.ca,rodney.weston@parl.gc.ca,
David.Wilks@parl.gc.ca,John.Williamson@parl.gc.ca,alice.wong@parl.gc.ca,
stephen.woodworth@parl.gc.ca,lynne.yelich@parl.gc.ca,terence.young@parl.gc.ca,
Bob.Zimmer@parl.gc.ca

Liberal:

mauril.belanger@parl.gc.ca,carolyn.bennett@parl.gc.ca,scott.brison@parl.gc.ca,gerry.byrne@parl.gc.ca,
Sean.Casey@parl.gc.ca,denis.coderre@parl.gc.ca,irwin.cotler@parl.gc.ca,rodger.cuzner@parl.gc.ca,
bob.dechert@parl.gc.ca,stephane.dion@parl.gc.ca,kirsty.duncan@parl.gc.ca,wayne.easter@parl.gc.ca,
mark.eyking@parl.gc.ca,judy.foote@parl.gc.ca,hedy.fry@parl.gc.ca,marc.garneau@parl.gc.ca,
ralph.goodale@parl.gc.ca,Ted.Hsu@parl.gc.ca,jim.karygiannis@parl.gc.ca,kevin.lamoureux@parl.gc.ca,
guy.lauzon@parl.gc.ca,lawrence.macaulay@parl.gc.ca,john.mccallum@parl.gc.ca,david.mcguinty@parl.gc.ca,
john.mckay@parl.gc.ca,joyce.murray@parl.gc.ca,rick.norlock@parl.gc.ca,massimo.pacetti@parl.gc.ca,
bob.rae@parl.gc.ca,james.rajotte@parl.gc.ca,geoff.regan@parl.gc.ca,judy.sgro@parl.gc.ca,scott.simms@parl.gc.ca,
justin.trudeau@parl.gc.ca,Frank.valeriote@parl.gc.ca,

Bloc:
andre.bellavance@parl.gc.ca,Jean-Francois.Fortin@parl.gc.ca,maria.mourani@parl.gc.ca

Green:

Elizabeth.May@parl.gc.ca

Massive Weirdness Worldwide

2013-01-06T15:53:00.000-08:00

This isn't a complete listing of the weirdness that's been happening of late, or an in-depth look at the phenomenon. I am aiming only to keep information available and to note that it seems to me a rational mind would seek some sort of explanation that would help make sense of this.

There are a lot of "weird lights in the sky" stories that could be added to this list, but for the time being I'm steering clear of 'UFO' territory here because people's brains tend to turn off when anyone goes near that particular subject.

SEPT 2011: Mysterious Booming Sounds

http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/mysterious-booming-sounds-rattle-nc-windows-and-doors

JAN 2012: STRANGE NOISES HEARD WORLDWIDE

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/01/16/weird-noise-strange-sound_n_1208717.html

http://www.610cktb.com/blogs/lfedoruk/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10337136

http://www.sott.net/article/240863-Strange-Sounds-in-Sky-Explained-by-Scientists

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiTE43-Izi0

March 2012: STRANGE NOISES/BOOMS CONTINUE

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2110523/Whats-causing-mysterious-sounds-coming-sky-loud-set-car-alarms.html

March 13: 600,000 mile tall triangular coronal hole visible on surface of sun

April 2012: THE CLINTONVILLE CASE

http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/local/north_counties/Take-a-listen-Clintonville-booms-recorded

Sept 2012: Mass deaths of fish and birds, lake Erie

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/06/lake-erie-dead-fish-birds-_n_1860723.html

Sept 2012: Sleepless in Seattle

http://www.examiner.com/article/strange-sounds-making-residents-sleepless-seattle

NOV 26: Unexplained explosions in Salem

http://salem.patch.com/articles/what-s-causing-those-unexplained-explosions

DEC 4: Barrington, Rhode Island

http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/local_news/east_bay/explosion-heard-on-bay-nothing-found

DEC 5: Cottonwood, Arizona

http://www.kpho.com/story/20263184/mysterious-booms-rock-verde-valley

DEC 5: Altadena, California

http://altadena.patch.com/articles/loud-booming-sounds-altadena-tuesday-night-december-4th-altadena-sheriff-s-station

DEC 5: Texoma-- KTEN has had hundreds of reports of loud explosions and the ground shaking in seven counties from north Texas to southern Oklahoma.

http://www.kten.com/story/20271784/loud-booms-heard-across-texoma-has-confirmed-cause

Ah, so Lockheed Martin is just testing its supersonic aircraft over populated centers. Case closed.

DEC 6: Power line poles catch fire across Texas:

http://www.kcentv.com/story/20276296/powerline-poles-on-fire

DEC 8: Massive Fireball over Texas

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20654335

DEC 11: Rhode Island

http://www.warwickonline.com/stories/Theories-on-mystery-boom-explode,77474?category_id=4&town_id=1&sub_type=stories

DEC 6: Columbia county, Georgia

http://www2.wjbf.com/news/2012/dec/06/3/several-loud-booms-reported-columbia-county-ar-5115372/

DEC 12: Columbia county, Georgia

http://www2.nbc26.tv/news/2012/dec/12/columbia-county-booms-continue-baffle-community-ar-5159387/

http://www2.wjbf.com/news/2012/dec/12/more-mysterious-loud-booms-reported-csra-ar-5157851/

DEC 12: Verde booms "heard around the world"

http://verdenews.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=51580

DEC 11: Leicester, England

http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/RAF-ET-Sonic-boom-heard-Leicester-mystery/story-17548198-detail/story.html

DEC 20: South Carolina

http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/20394912/grand-strand-residents-report-boom-shaking

DEC 22: Cambria, California, Geophysicist says it's like nothing he's ever heard

http://www.kcoy.com/story/20408254/cambria-geophysicist

2013

JAN 03: Lexington County, South Carolina

http://www.wistv.com/story/20496354/source-of-loud-boom-in-red-bank-remains-a-mystery

Guthrie, Oklahoma

http://kfor.com/2013/01/04/mysterious-boom-heard-in-guthrie/

JAN 04: Anchorage, Alaska

http://www.ktuu.com/southcentral-authorities-silent-on-cause-of-booming-noise-010412,0,6051193.story

JAN 06: Salem, Massachusetts

http://salem.patch.com/articles/did-you-hear-a-loud-bang-eary-saturday-morning

JAN 08: Evansville, Indiana

http://www.14news.com/story/20537321/did-you-hear-the-booms

JAN 08: Utah to Wyoming

http://fox13now.com/2013/01/08/mysterious-booms-shaking-reported-throughout-wasatch-front/

JAN 09: The Air Force takes responsibility in Utah

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/55598255-78/utah-activity-booms-lake.html.csp

http://www.ksl.com/?sid=23674721&nid=148

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/06e10159129a4abbac8613e3b0d0fdf9/UT--Mysterious-Sonic-Booms-Utah

http://www.standard.net/stories/2013/01/08/mysterious-sonic-booms-worry-residents-davis-weber

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865570273/Mysterious-boom-rattles-northern-Utah-Tuesday-night-cause-still-not-found.html

JAN 07: and back to Lexington SC again, where the problem is ongoing

http://www.wistv.com/story/20525068/searching-for-the-cause-of-booms-reported-by-residents

JAN 09: North Hollywood

http://laist.com/2013/01/09/mysterious_explosion_rattles_north.php

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2013/01/north-hollywood-explosion-sonic-boom-mystery.html

JAN 09: Tristate Area

http://tristatehomepage.com/fulltext-news?nxd_id=575292

JAN 10: More reports in the last 24 hours, from SW Indiana, through to Kentucky:

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/f8ca913c302449278d74874cafe9a26c/IN--Evansvilles-Booms

"lights and strange explosions" http://www.ghosttheory.com/2013/01/10/indianapolis-booms-strange-lights-explosions

http://www.courier-journal.com/viewart/20130110/NEWS02/301100062/Late-night-booms-waking-up-SW-Indiana-residents

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local/indiana&id=8949019

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/340961

http://www.ksee24.com/news/local/The-Sound-Was-Like-A-War-Bomb-186251652.html

Meanwhile, the air force is still taking responsibility for the noises heard in Utah:

http://bryantimes.com/news/associated_press/article_64836608-5aed-11e2-894e-0019bb2963f4.html

Case closed, go back to bed Utah!

JAN 11: the booms continue in Evansville:

http://www.messenger-inquirer.com/news/local/article_7d338cb3-3c41-5377-af5a-648504247e07.html

JAN 11: Dead birds and fish

http://www.wect.com/story/20566054/thousands-of-dead-fish-reported-on-masonboro-island

http://www.pressandguide.com/articles/2013/01/11/news/doc50edd1aa3d792815990072.txt

JAN 13: Booms in Jamestown, NY

http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/local/loud-boom-jolts-southern-tier

Explosion sounds in Ohio

http://www.wkbn.com/content/news/local/story/Explosion-Sounds-Reported-in-Trumbull-County/-NOHrB4Jo021aYUmacnvoA.cspx

Arlington Hights, Illinois

http://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2013/01/13/loud-banging-unusually-high-number-of-suspicious-noises-reported-in-palatine-inverness-and-arlington-heights/

JAN 15: Dead birds and fish

http://www.wltx.com/news/article/216791/2/Thousands-of-Dead-Fish-Wash-Up-On-Pawleys-Island-

JAN 15: Strange trumpeting howls heard Switzerland, same time as last year:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXreezdyYdU

LIGHTS IN THE SKY:

JAN 16: Lights in the sky, green flashes, Manitoba

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2013/01/16/mb-mystery-light-meteorite-winnipeg.html

http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/canada/archives/2013/01/20130116-153950.html

Series of booms in Pascougala, Mississippi

http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2013/01/series_of_booms_heard_in_pasca.html

JAN 17: Booms in Gorham, NY

http://www.mpnnow.com/topstories/x1631904759/Mysterious-booms-puzzle-Gorham-residents

JAN 18: Mass Squid Deaths, California

http://www.notre-planete.info/actualites/actu_3617_mortalite_massive_calmars.php#openavert

Dolphins, Fish, Pelicans dying en masse in Peru

http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/latino-daily-news/details/animapocalypse-continues-in-peru-dolphins-fish-pelicans-found-dead/21287/

Mass Fish Deaths:

Sarasota, Florida

http://www.mysuncoast.com/news/south_newsroom/more-dead-fish-washing-up/article_83b5f63c-61ad-11e2-8967-001a4bcf6878.html

South Carolina

http://www.foxcharlotte.com/news/weird-news/Thousands-Of-Dead-Fish-Wash-Ashore-In-South-Carolina-187469641.html

JAN 18: Fireball lights up California Sky

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2013/01/18/Fireball-lights-up-California-skies/UPI-98231358538816/?spt=hs&or=sn

JAN 23: Great falls, Montana: Mysterious booms
http://www.kfbb.com/news/local/Mysterious-Booms-Explained-188139931.html
http://www.kpax.com/news/mysterious-booms-baffle-great-falls-residents/

JAN 25: Fireballs over Japan

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/25/fireball_falls_to_earth_japan/

JAN 28: More fireballs in Canada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_Paoa4KYlgY

JAN 28: Corbin, Kentucky: mysterious booms

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/e0dbb45481fa401eba918013f51fa76f/KY--Mystery-Boom

JAN 28: Roanoke, North Carolina fireball

http://www.wdbj7.com/news/wdbj7-possible-meteor-seen-throughout-the-region-20130127,0,2997433.story

http://www.ksbw.com/news/central-california/hollister-gilroy/Fireball-lights-up-sky-over-Central-Coast-SF/-/5738758/18194984/-/qyg9ga/-/index.html

JAN 30: Two mass fish deaths in North Carolina

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/18/thousands-of-dead-fish-wash-ashore-south-carolina_n_2502438.html?utm_hp_ref=green

JAN 30: Wrexham, North Wales fireball

http://www.wrexham.com/news/fireball-in-sky-meteor-shoots-overhead-28550.html

Jan 30: Omaha manhole fireball mystery

http://www.starherald.com/news/local_news/the-great-omaha-manhole-fireball-photo-mystery/article_00f60d70-6a9c-11e2-b7f2-0019bb2963f4.html

Jan 30: Mass fish deaths, Sydney, Australia

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/algal-bloom-suspected-after-marine-deaths-20130129-2dixy.html

A YouTuber has a theory:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM3szYqngq0&feature=player_embedded

Update: Sliding Further Down the Batpole (Beyond the Black Rainbow)

2013-01-03T14:20:00.000-08:00

Well, I thought I was finished with this topic, but as far as weird info goes, I feel that this is worth a go.

As usual, my intention is not to make any assertions here, just to offer up a Rorschact blot of information from which you can draw your own conclusions.

So let's talk about Satanists, and a bit about Batman.

Here's an introduction to Ted Gunderson:

Theodore L. Gunderson (November 7, 1928 - July 31, 2011 was an American Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent In Charge and head of the Los Angeles FBI. He was most famous for handling the Marilyn Monroe and John F. Kennedy cases. He was the author of the best selling book How to Locate Anyone Anywhere.

Here's a video of Ted alleging the existence of a vast underground network of Satanic pedophiles and drug smugglers operating inside the United States through the alphabet intelligence agencies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoSD7CqKWDw&feature=player_embedded

Hunh. Well, that's a bit weird.

Satanists, you say?

Oh look, the "Church of Satan" has an outpost in Newtown, Connecticut:

http://www.satanservice.org/theory/coscm.txt

Well, what's the worst that could happen?

Oh, well. Did anything else happen in Newtown, Connecticut this year?

Well, this guy died.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004050/

That'd be the guy who drew the words "Sandy Hook" on the prop map of Gotham City used in the movie "the Dark Knight Rises", as seen here:

http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/1/8/1/6/4/9/i/1/3/5/o/SH.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/339489&h=486&w=768&sz=34&tbnid=gbK6sHrfYLwgYM:&tbnh=87&tbnw=137&zoom=1&usg=__Gv-8bI1ydp96yhzdMOnxFFNKEeo=&docid=Pt-DKyaprIM23M&sa=X&ei=GwDmUMKCEsLh2QWglIDYBg&ved=0CDwQ9QEwAg&dur=1006

That'd be the movie where there was another somewhat fishy mass shooting earlier this year at the premiere, by the way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXxYQBwo7aU&feature=player_embedded#!

Scott's boss was this guy, Nathan Crowley:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0189769/

Nathan is a descendent of Alesteir Crowley:

http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/An-arousing-display-at-the-Met/8583

If you don't know who Alesteir Crowley is, he's a famous occultist who ran in high society circles a number of decades ago and was functionally a consultant on occult methods to many of the movers and shakers of the day... you know, the sorts of people who might have lots of money to put generational agendas into effect.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley

Why such people would have any interest in "Batman" is beyond me, but maybe it has to do with him being a sort of Dionysian counterpart to the Apollonic sun god, "Superman", as noted by author Frank Miller, who famously said he views the character as "a dionysian figure, a force for anarchy that imposes an individual order."

These next two videos won't mean anything to the uninitiated who aren't somewhat clued into just what sort of ass-paddling occultic weirdness the aristocracy is heavily into.

Nonetheless, for your consideration, Episode 33 of the show "Batman" entitled "Fine Finny Fiend" wherein we learn that Bruce Wayne's great-grandfather was the founder of Skull and Bones.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnY7CGsafuU

And if that wasn't weird enough for you, here's Episode 911, I mean, 119 of the same show. Dr. Cassandra (Sandy if you prefer to shorten it) and her sidekick Kaballah rob the Alchemical Bank and Trust with an invisibility pill before creating a criminal empire with them at the apex.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiJnCG36kKI&feature=player_embedded

Anyways, all I can say for sure is that Connecticut seems to have some well-heeled Batman fans.

http://ca.ign.com/articles/2012/08/07/man-builds-2-million-batcave-in-home

Update: Bonus content

So, let's not get carried away with all this. Just because there seem to be weird occult references imbedded in our popular media is no reason to assume a conspiracy or anything.

Let's look at Judy Garland's famous album, "Annie get your gun" released on the Sandy Hook record label.

http://www.thejudyroom.com/soundtracks/annie.html

Let's see what the kids at Sandy Hook elementary are up to these days.

http://vigilantcitizen.com/latestnews/sandy-hook-survivors-record-the-song-over-the-rainbow-to-commemorate-the-shooting/

Let's have a quick look at creepy old Gene Rosen's (of Newtown) website, which has since been taken down, but luckily was screencaptured.

http://i.imgur.com/Lxcw6.jpg

There is, indeed, no place like home, Gene.

Sandy Hook Shootings: Inside the Bullshit

2012-12-30T20:48:00.000-08:00

I would like to preface this post by saying that in no way, shape, or form do I consider myself to be a 'conspiracy theorist'. Everybody knows that human beings never ever ever behave conspiratorially in any way, and that any collusion between men of means in no way represents an exercise of power or influence.

So, let's start looking into this latest mass shooting with a closed mind, eager to cling to the certain truth that our news is unbiased information that is in no way comparable to the black propaganda used to manipulate public opinion in most countries throughout the whole of recorded history.

In fact, here's a former head of the CIA going before a house committee to state on record that his agency has been quite active in manipulating American media instruments:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5ED63A_hcd0

Here's a story from 2002 about how The Pentagon plans to release fake media stories to help promote their agenda!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2002/feb/19/marketingandpr.september112001

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1830500.stm

Man, it's a good thing that never actually happened! Imagine how confused we'd all be!

Here's footage of CNN apparently faking live news reports from a soundstage in front of a bluescreen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jTWY14eyMFg

Here's video of Anderson Cooper apparently interviewing a Sandy Hook parent in front of a bluescreen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owKEe9aMSvU

Here's the writer of the 9/11 piece for Popular Mechanics being debunked with ease:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvFuRYyEkiU

Here's EVERY INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST IN AMERICA FAILING TO NOTICE THE OBVIOUS DAY AFTER DAY FOR 12 YEARS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu00AGWQl1g&feature=player_embedded

Here's a link to the Wikipedia entry on Operation Mockingbird:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird

"Operation Mockingbird was a secret Central Intelligence Agency campaign to influence media beginning in the 1950s"

Shee, it's a good thing that all such activity clearly stopped, that the CIA had an attack of conscience and pulled back from such questionable activities!

So, let's hope we've established with certainty that funny business can never ever actually happen in the really real world of which we are all certainly a real part.

It should make it easier to stomach the following information!

Let's get warmed up with a couple of videos:

I like some of the points made in these videos and dislike some of the others. Still, it should get the propellors spinning a bit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nUOBSN03TU&feature=player_embedded

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2MUNbGyld4

ERIC HOLDER:

Here's Attorney General Eric Holder proposing that the public needs to be brainwashed against guns.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYyqBxD-3xw

OBAMA IS CRYING:

Dead kids really bother Obama. Hence the tears. Hey, don't be such a cynic: it's possible that occasionally The President of The United States has unscripted moments in front of the camera.

DAWN HOCHSPRUNG

Here's some articles about heroic school Principal Dawn Hochsprung, who "died trying to subdue the crazed shooter."

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/12/15/dawn-hochsprung-sandy-hook-elementary-s-heroic-principal.html

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/12/19/sandy-hook-principal-dawn-hochsprung-remembered-for-enthusiasm-heroism-at-wake/

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2012/12/17/exp-point-tuchman-hero-principal-pkg.cnn

Here's an article from the local paper Newtown Bee, who I am "guessing" would have been on the scene before the major networks.

https://imageshack.us/a/img338/676/newtwonbeecap.jpg

I've had to link to a screencap because the original article has since been pulled. It used to be here:

http://newtownbee.com/News/News/2012-12-14__11-05-25/Shooting%20Reported%20Sandy%20Hook%20Elementary%20School

"Sandy Hook School Principal Dawn Hochsprung told the Bee that a masked man entered the school..."

So, the heroic dead Principal was giving out interviews to the local newspaper, was she?

In my experience as a media monitor (we like to call ourselves "information logistics officers" instead of "press clippers", thanks) you want to pay close attention to the way stories break early, and try to catch glitches before they get memory-holed. Usually this is most apparent in small, local newspapers.

Apparently, the person writing this newspaper article didn't know who Dawn Hochsprung is.

Here are some other articles about or featuring Dawn Hochsprung from earlier editions of The Newtown Bee, the local paper in a town of 29,000 people.

New Principals Prepare For First Days In The District: http://newtownbee.com/Features/2010-06-25__10-16-33/New+Principals+Prepare+For+First+Days+In+The+District

A ‘Musical’ Work Of Art Taking Shape At Sandy Hook School: http://newtownbee.com/Features/2010-09-23__12-42-26/A+%E2%80%98Musical%E2%80%99+Work+Of+Art+Taking+Shape+At+Sandy+Hook+School

One School One Read Sparks ‘Lemonade War’ In Sandy Hook: http://newtownbee.com/Features/2010-10-07__13-06-22/One+School+One+Read+Sparks+%E2%80%98Lemonade+War%E2%80%99+In+Sandy+Hook

Full-Day Kindergarten Considered: http://newtownbee.com/News/2012-03-08__12-56-38/Full-Day+Kindergarten+Considered

That last article was written by John Voket, associate editor of the Newtown Bee, who also wrote the aforementioned article containing an interview with her after she died.

Very strange.

This thoughtful person has mounted a full investigation of the matter:

http://www.insanemedia.net/sandy-hook-evidence-dawn-hochsprung-interview/367

Alright, let's move on...

ACTORS ON THE SET

Here's the father of poor dead little girl Emilie Parker smiling and laughing. As soon as the camera focuses in on him, he yanks hard on the stick and starts working up the tears.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=urrRcgB581w

Nothing unusual so far, right?

Maybe he's smiling because people have strange reactions to grief and intense stress.

Here's a picture of Emilie Parker's deceased teacher, Victoria Soto, in front of a creepy old guy making a devil horn sign at the camera:

https://rawwscoop.wordpress.com/2012/12/23/newtown-has-reputation-as-satanist-hub/

Is she a real person? Did she really die? Let's ask her grieving family of creepy giggling siblings:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwZkT_j1yds

Maybe they're smiling because people have strange reactions to grief and intense stress.

Here is a picture of little Emilie Parker and her family that is totally not photoshopped:

https://chemtrailsplanet.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/emilie-parker-photoshopped-into-photo.jpg

Oops... ok, well, here is another picture of Emilie Parker and her family that is definitely not photoshopped:

https://dmnewsi.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/article-2248823-16888c2e000005dc-413_634x421.jpg

Alright, so what else have we got?

Here's a photo of a family that's been available online since at least May of 2012.

http://dallasgoldbug.com/wall/_data/i/upload/2012/06/11/20120611051645-74c1a9ad-la.jpg

Need a datestamp?

Fine, here's a Youtube video uploaded in May of 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiFtPLd93f8

Skip ahead to 16:18 to see the photo in question.

The upstanding gentleman uploading these photos and videos is a class-one nutjob anarchist who thinks that this is a family of actors, "The Greenberg family", that's being used in fake news reports to stage false flag events.

Yes, that means the source for this photo is questionable. That is an ad hominem irrelevence in this case; the photo, its existence, and its datestamp speak for themselves.

Coincidentally, the family he singled out in this instance actually happens to live in Newtown, Connecticut! Wow, he was way off base on this one! Here's "The Greenberg family" being interviewed live on CNN, crying convincingly about the tragic death of poor old heroic Dawn Hochsprung.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSvzwDsgrs8&feature=youtu.be&t=1m35s

Assuming your brain isn't screaming at you to reject out of hand that these are the same people, at this point you should be asking yourself: Why are pictures of Nick and Laura Phelps of Newtown showing up in conspiracy theory videos posted online back in May by people investigating unrelated cases?

Is it coincidence?

Are they identical twins?

Is it bad lighting?

If you're still reading along and aren't thinking this is all a bit funny, then you're probably suffering from cognitive dissonance.

If you want to check this out for yourself, here's the Newtown Bee's directory of local phone numbers. It's searchable!

http://newtownbee.com/PDFFiles/Town%20Guide/Newtown%20Phone%20Directory%20%28It%27s%20Searchable!%29.pdf

Give Nick Phelps a call and ask him what he thinks about all this: 203-270-0012

Anyways, moving on...

THE MEDICAL EXAMINER IS JIZZING HIMSELF

Here's a totally convincing series of outtakes from an interview with the 'Medical Examiner' Wayne Carver...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV3KYBS64R8&feature=player_embedded

Yeah, he seems pretty on the ball. I'm glad the government will be making policy recommendations based on his assertions and opinions.

In February of 2011, Wayne Carver requested the passage of Bill 1054, "An Act Concerning the Disclosure of Autopsy Reports" which would prevent the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner from unilaterally disclosing autopsy reports on pediatric homicides to the general public. Very prescient.

http://www.cga.ct.gov/2011/JUDdata/Tmy/2011SB-01054-R000228-Dr.%20H,%20Wayne%20Carver,%20Chief%20Medical%20Examiner-TMY.PDF

More on the adventures of Dr. Carver:

Chief medical examiner ready to quit
http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/politics/chief-medical-examiner-wants-to-quit#.U...

Carver's Request of passing the provision of Bill 1054
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2011/JUDdata/Tmy/2011SB-01054-R000228-Dr.%20H,%20Wayne%...

Bill 1054 passed This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 October 1, 2011 1-210(b)(3)
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2011/fc/pdf/2011SB-01054-R000727-FC.pdf

State M.E. Carver withdraws his resignation
http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/State-M-E-Carver-withdraws-his-resignatio...

Asst. M.E. charged with perjury
http://www.ctpost.com/default/article/Asst-M-E-charged-with-perjury-2588800.php

DA: Conn. doctor's trial testimony inconsistent
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2012/01/19/da_conn_do...

Conn. worker placed on leave after allegedly showing husband Adam Lanza's body
http://www.northjersey.com/news/Conn_worker_placed_on_leave_after_showing_hus...

THE EVER-CHANGING STORY

One problem with figuring out what really happened at Sandy Hook is that the story as reported by the media, rather than being clarified over time, seemingly became more fragmented and bizarre.

For example, let's ask The Hartford Courant about their journalism standards:

12/15
"Lanza next arrived at teacher Victoria Soto's classroom. Soto is believed to have hidden her 6- and 7-year old students in a classroom closet. When Lanza demanded to know where the children were, Soto tried to divert him to the other end of the school by saying that her students were in the auditorium.

But six of Soto's students tried to flee. Lanza shot them, Soto and another teacher who was in the room. Later, in their search for survivors, police found the remaining seven of Soto's students still hiding in the closet. They told the police what had happened."

http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/newtown-sandy-hook-school-shooting/hc-timeline-newtown-shooting-1216-20121215,0,5058106.story

12/22

"The arriving officers encountered a shocking scene in Soto's classroom. Lanza had shot her, as well as special education teacher Anne Marie Murphy and six of Soto's 6- and 7-year old students. Seven of Soto's students were found huddled and unharmed in a classroom closet, apparently hidden by Soto when she heard shooting. The other students fled the classroom."

http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/newtown-sandy-hook-school-shooting/hc-lanza-gunjam-20121222,0,3580899.story

12/25

"Does this help explain what Soto would do nearly five years later when gunman Adam Lanza entered her classroom at Sandy Hook Elementary School after slaughtering every child and teacher Lauren Rosseau in the next room? She ushered special education teacher Anne Marie Murphy and several children under her desk. She moved other children behind a bookcase or barrier. When Lanza came in, Soto was the only one he saw. She faced him. He killed her, and then he killed the children and Murphy under the desk. Murphy died shielding a child in her arms. Other children escaped the classroom. Soto's actions saved children's lives."

http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/newtown-sandy-hook-school-shooting/hc-victoria-soto-1226-20121225,0,1760313.story?page=1&xyzallow=

WHAT THE FUCK IS WITH GENE ROSEN?

Let's watch some video footage of Gene Rosen.

Why is he giving the same performance in each video?

Why is he giving the same performance to the spanish news service?

Why is it soooo terrible?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1z7K046MwZA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjCJPvJmOcs&feature=player_embedded

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2mr2czhL6c&feature=player_embedded

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PI3cZhQndrY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcN_zi3o3G8&feature=player_embedded

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zGevk3xOOAI

Here's some high definition aerial footage of Gene Rosen walking aimlessly around the parking lot of the firehouse next door to where he lives at a time when he was supposedly molesting stuffed toys in his livingroom for the amusement of the surviving children:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15PGmEBPlFk

THE LONE GUNMAN

So, Adam Lanza, a 20 year old, awkward young man with autism, killed 26 people in under nine minutes with an assault rifle, including the time it took to pause and reload?

Let's see what that kind of gunmanship looks like in the real world:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjUrc72PFZg

Well, just what do we know about Adam Lanza?

Here's a picture of him that is totally NOT PHOTOSHOPPED TO MAKE HIM LOOK EVIL.

Adam P. Lanza: Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Death Record
Name: Adam P. Lanza
State of Issue: New Hampshire
Date of Birth: Wednesday April 22, 1992
Date of Death: Thursday December 13, 2012
Est. Age at Death: 20 years, 7 months, 21 days
Confirmation: Proven

Adam Lanza the suspected shooter died 1 day before the Sandy Hook event took place.

Huh, so the alleged shooter died the day before the Sandy Hook incident, did he?

Was Adam Lanza a Universal Soldier?

We also know a little bit about his mom:

She was a teacher at the school:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vf2tO5c-L0

No, wait, we need to clarify that, she was a survivalist prepper gun nut:

http://www.businessinsider.com/nancy-lanza-collected-guns-2012-12

Here's a kid saying he saw a suspect in handcuffs on the ground when leaving the school:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUaXrpzlsJI

Here's a news report about the arrest of a second shooter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzLDRdB0PS8

Here's an eyewitness alleging a man in camo pants with a dark jacket was walked out of the woods and arrested:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovspEgeMXb4

Here's the police band chatter from the day of the shooting:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETkrxfYoQtc

At 1:35:07 we hear "One suspect may be wearing a nun outfit, headed toward Danbury and Stoney Hill, purple van."

Here's a picture of nuns leaving the scene of the shooting, wearing size 14 shoes, clutching suspiciously at their overcoats:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-shooting14twonuns-20121214,0,4985163.photo

Here's a closeup shot. Do these girls seem a bit manly to you?

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/269896/slide_269896_1886666_free.jpg?1355705633000

THE CRIME SCENE:

This article is titled, "CNN video of police charge at Sandy Hook is not Sandy Hook" and is somewhat self-explanatory.

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/341776

THE MURDER WEAPON:

Here's the medical examiner swearing that the weapon used in all the murders was a .223 Bushmaster rifle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAAsw2Eyqtc

Here's CNN reporting that the rifle was found in the trunk of the car:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXPHxEpwPfo

Here's MSN reporting the same thing. "We've been told by several officials that he left (the rifle) in the car."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiuhYr7qLGo

Here's CBS news reporting that "law enforcement officials" had confirmed that a high-powered rifle had been found in the back of the vehicle.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57559261/connecticut-elementary-school-massacre-18-children-among-27-dead/

Here's an article from a paper that contradicts the medical examiner's story:

http://hillnholler.net/2012/12/14/in-newton-conn-elementary-school-massacre-27-students-and-staff-lost-worst-in-american-history/

"The gunman was wearing dark clothing, a mask, a bulletproof vest, and was carrying four guns. Investigators said the gunman fired his weapon at least 100 times. Three guns were found — a Glock and a Sig Sauer, both pistols, inside the school, and a .223-caliber rifle in the back of a car."

Here's actual video footage of a longgun, apparently a shotgun, being removed from the trunk of the vehicle. The footage was taken at night, placing it at least 8-10 hours after the shooting, and well after "law enforcement officials" would have issued statements about the .223 rifle included in the news items mentioned above.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLrxSgkqJQc&feature=player_embedded#!

Here's Connecticut police spokesman Paul Vance the next morning, saying specifically that all weapons involved in this incident were recovered in proximity of the shooter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BicBbrBoWw

PAUL VANCE

Here's the Paul Vance of the Connecticut police threatening to prosecute people who post misinformation about the shooting on social media sites:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eDUcJ6pum4

One wonders what would constitute "misinformation" in such a situation, and whether he intends to prosecute CNN for their fuckups.

Let's see what happens when Paul Vance is put to the question. This is also an interesting lesson object in how to actually be a journalist, so fellows like Anderson Cooper might want to take note.

Call 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zjFhwwxjUE&feature=player_embedded

Call 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APEizEtNuNw&list=UUINyhACu7XEn3Ri93SZ_b3g&index=1

Vance appears in the second of the two calls, but both are somewhat interesting.

Here's Paul Vance dodging a question about Adam Lanza's mother, at the 12:35 mark:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B8DuC8Iy8A

OTHER INTERESTING RESEARCH:

James Tracey's blog "The Memory Hole" contains a number of interesting observations which may be of interest to those inclined to take on further reading and investigation of the subject. A few choice highlights:

"At 9:53AM, no more than ten minutes after the reported shooting ceased, the Associated Press published a story, “Official with Knowledge of Connecticut School Shooting Says 27 Dead, Including 18 Children.” AP and the Washington Post have since removed the story from their websites in lieu of subsequent reports that took their cue from a press conference scheduled for later that day.

Indeed, aside from internal police accounts of what took place inside Sandy Hook Elementary there is little information available to piece together what may have actually transpired inside the school. No photographic or video footage of the crime scene have been made publicly available and major media have to a large degree based their conclusions on Connecticut Medical Examiner H. Wayne Carver’s verbal account of the postmortem which is at best ambiguous.[3]

Two weeks after the incident an attorney representing the family of one six-year-old Sandy Hook student came forth with a $100 million lawsuit because their child “sustained emotional and psychological trauma and injury” when she, like several other children and staff, heard “‘cursing, screaming, and shooting’ over the school intercom.” The suit has since been withdrawn.[4]

Coverage of the event by the modest local weekly the Newtown Bee is most revealing in its combined discrepancies, vagueness, and brevity. In a December 14 article unidentified school personnel were floridly commended for their courage. Among them were school principal Dawn Hochsprung, who recounted to Bee Editor John Voket[5] how “a masked man entered the school with a rifle and started shooting multiple shots – more than she could count – that went ‘on and on.’”

The problem with the account was that it conflicted with a subsequent storyline where Hochsprung was the first to be killed by the gunmen. Three days later the paper issued a retraction and revised the story further.[6] No additional explanation was provided concerning what party Volkert spoke to and quoted at the crime scene, suggesting from the onset a partly botched attempt at establishing a well-worn storyline.
Along these lines the same article relates what under the circumstances seems like an odd exchange between law enforcement and the school’s staff. Shortly after the incident an unidentified woman wearing a Connecticut State Police jacket addressed the group of teachers and staff who were consoling each other in the empty Sandy Hook apparatus bays. She complimented them on their individual and “exemplary” efforts following the procedures they were taught to ensure the protection of as many children and colleagues as possible.[7]

In the immediate aftermath of a bloody massacre where 27 lay dead or dying is this the appropriate time for a “post-game pep talk” and slaps on the back? What this closely resembles is the breakdown of a shooting drill, one that proceeded with violent sound effects broadcast through the school’s intercom system. In fact, on the same day the State of Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection in association with the Federal Emergency Management Agency were carrying out a “Planning for the Needs of Children in Disaster” drill in nearby Bridgeport.[8] Was the exercise location changed to Newtown at the last minute?

Close analysis of circumstances surrounding the event including unusual emergency procedures and news outlets’ interactions with alleged victim families following the shooting reveals important recurrent features and figures that further call the official account into question.

A Phantom Evacuation?

Additional facets of coverage and maneuvers suggesting the possibility of an at least a partially staged event include the choice of the Sandy Hook Fire and Rescue Company’s headquarters as an evacuation point for the school’s students. This is accompanied by a lack of photographic or video evidence of such a widespread evacuation, bizarre interview footage of idle and wandering families alongside an emotional man who just happens across a half dozen Sandy Hook first graders in his front lawn who apparently witnessed their teacher’s murder.

Newtown Bee Associate Editor Shannon Hicks asserts that she was among the first on the scene at Sandy Hook, driving behind police and “taking photographs immediately through the windshield of her car, with one hand on the steering wheel and one holding her camera.”[9] Strangely, however, at best only two of Hicks’ photos actually emerge from the series—the famous shot of about fifteen students in conga line formation evidently moving across the parking lot en route to the fire station and a second of state police officers appearing in the December 14 Bee report that is later expunged.

Hicks’ ferocity and determination to capture the scene only yields a few published photos at a time when corporate media outlets were very eager for such documentation, while no other photo or video evidence have emerged indicating such a widespread exodus from the school.

Nor is there any rationale provided in reportage on exactly why the fire station is even designated as an evacuation point. The choice is unusual because the school has only one route in and out of the facility—Dickenson Drive—and in the event of an actual emergency children are forced to parade down a street as police cars, fire engines, and ambulances race the other way. Many schools use their adjoining parking lots as a rendezvous point, and Sandy Hook’s is particularly capacious."

http://memoryholeblog.com/2013/01/01/sandy-hook-the-illusion-of-tragedy/#more-1437

"9:30AM [estimate]
Only 35 minutes away from Newtown an active shooter drill is taking place at a school in Carmel, Putnam County. The operation is conducted by the Putnam County Emergency Response Team (“ERT). “The ERT is comprised of specially trained and heavily armed officers from the Sheriff’s Office and the Carmel and Kent Police Departments,” the Southeast Brewster Patch newspaper reports. “When news broke of the Newtown shooting, the Putnam County ERT commander called Newtown Police and offered to have the ERT respond to the Sandy Hook school, but that response was not needed because Connecticut police had already secured the scene.” “Sheriff: Putnam Officials to Talk School Safety This Afternoon,” Southeast Brewster Patch, December 18, 2012.

(9:30AM [see below])
CNN reports local authorities take the first 911 calls from Sandy Hook Elementary School. “‘Sandy Hook school. Caller is indicating she thinks someone is shooting in the building,’” a dispatcher told fire and medical personnel, according to 911 tapes. “Sandy Hook Shooting: What Happened?” CNN, December 14, 2012. (Recording of fire and law enforcement radio dispatch [below] indicates CNN’s 9:30AM time and account of events is incorrect.)

9:34AM [estimate]
Sandy Hook Elementary School reading consultant Becky Virgalla said she was in a meeting with Principal Dawn Hochsprung, school psychologist Mary Sherlach and other colleagues when the shooter broke into the building on Dec. 14. When they heard the commotion Hochsprung, Sherlach and lead teacher Natalie Hammond proceeded into the hall “to check out the noise that we didn’t know [were] gunshots at first,” Virgalla told Reuters Television at a December 23 Newtown memorial. “The three of them were shot and they yelled back ‘shooter, stay put.’ And they saved my life and the life of four others who were at that meeting,” Virgalla said. “Becky Virgalla, Newtown Shooting Survivor, Says Principal, Others Saved Her in Sandy Hook Rampage,” Reuters/Huffington Post, December 23, 2012.

9:35;52AM
Recording of Newtown and Connecticut emergency fire and law enforcement radio dispatch indicates potential of active shooter situation at Sandy Hook Elementary School. “6-7. Sandy Hook School. Caller indicates she thinks there’s someone shooting in the building.” RadioMan911TV, “Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting Newtown Police/Fire and CT State Police,” Youtube, December 14, 2012.

9:36:38AM
Newtown and Connecticut emergency fire and law enforcement radio dispatch suggests arrival of law enforcement at scene; “front glass has been broken [unintelligible]. They’re unsure why.” RadioMan911TV, “Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting Newtown Police/Fire and CT State Police,” Youtube, December 14, 2012.

9:37:15AM
Newtown and Connecticut emergency fire and law enforcement radio dispatch indicates continuance of gunfire at Sandy Hook school. “All units: The individual that I have on the phone is continuing to hear what she believes to be gunfire.” RadioMan911TV, “Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting Newtown Police/Fire and CT State Police,” Youtube, December 14, 2012.

9:37:40AM
Newtown and Connecticut emergency fire and law enforcement radio dispatch indicates law enforcement units and backup continual arrival at Sandy Hook Elementary. RadioMan911TV, “Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting Newtown Police/Fire and CT State Police,” Youtube, December 14, 2012.

9:38:15AM
Newtown and Connecticut emergency fire and law enforcement radio dispatch indicates “the shooting appears to have stopped. It is silent at this time. The school is in lockdown.” RadioMan911TV, “Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting Newtown Police/Fire and CT State Police,” Youtube, December 14, 2012.

9:39:05AM
Newtown and Connecticut emergency fire and law enforcement radio dispatch indicates citing of shooter suspects fleeing crime scene. “Reports that a teacher saw two shadows running past the building–past the gym, which would be rear [inaudible] the shooting.” RadioMan911TV, “Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting Newtown Police/Fire and CT State Police,” Youtube, December 14, 2012.

9:39:20AM
Newtown and Connecticut emergency fire and law enforcement radio dispatch indicates officers’ encounter with and apprehension of additional shooter suspects fleeing scene. “Yeah, we got ‘em. He’s comin’ at me down [Curt's?] way! Coming [inaudible] up the left side.” RadioMan911TV, “Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting Newtown Police/Fire and CT State Police,” Youtube, December 14, 2012.

9:40:45AM
Newtown and Connecticut emergency fire and law enforcement radio dispatch indicates “one now in room one who [unintelligible] injury to the foot. [unintelligible] call for an ambulance [unintelligible]. RadioMan911TV, “Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting Newtown Police/Fire and CT State Police,” Youtube, December 14, 2012.

9:45:48AM
Newtown and Connecticut emergency fire and law enforcement radio dispatch indicates officers’ discovery of “bodies here” and requests for ambulatory/first responders’ backup. RadioMan911TV, “Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting Newtown Police/Fire and CT State Police,” Youtube, December 14, 2012.

(9:50AM [see below])
CNN reports police and first responders arrive at Sandy Hook Elementary. Police did not discharge their weapons. The gunman took his own life with a handgun. “Sandy Hook Shooting: What Happened?” CNN, December 14, 2012. (Recording of fire and law enforcement radio dispatch [above] suggests CNN’s 9:50AM time and account of events is incorrect.)

10:14AM
Hartford Courant publishes online Google map of Sandy Hook Elementary School. “Map of Sandy Hook Elementary School,” Hartford Courant, December 14, 2012.

[Late Morning]
In a December 14 Newtown Bee article unidentified school personnel are commended for their courage. Among them are school principal Dawn Hochsprung, who recounted to Bee Editor John Voket[5] how “a masked man entered the school with a rifle and started shooting multiple shots – more than she could count – that went ‘on and on.’” The problem with the account was that it conflicted with a subsequent storyline where Hochsprung was the first to be killed by the gunmen.

http://memoryholeblog.com/2013/01/06/sandy-hook-school-massacre-timeline/#more-1504

"It is now beyond question that the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr. all involved patsies, additional gunman and perhaps most importantly, mass media complicity to achieve their political ends. Along these lines and in a fashion now characteristic of how such public executions are framed, the observations and analyses of citizen journalists and alternative media suggest how coverage of the Newtown Connecticut school shooting was substantially altered in the several hours and days following the event.

After the 1995 Murrah Federal Building bombing central elements that would help the citizenry make sense of the event, such as unexploded ordnance found in the structure and Timothy McVeigh’s accomplice, were stricken from the official narrative. Along these lines at the probable behest of government authorities a second gunman accompanying Jared Lee Loughner in 2011 was quickly tossed down the memory hole by news outlets covering the incident. Similar reportorial lapses took place at the Aurora Colorado massacre last July where eyewitnesses attested to spotting James Holmes’ collaborators (or handlers) inside the theater.

When the news media act as willing partners in such acts the public becomes an unwitting accessory in its own psychic imprisonment, lulled into the notion that fair play still exists and public servants remain intent on service."

http://memoryholeblog.com/2012/12/20/analyzing-the-newtown-narrative-sandy-hooks-disappearing-shooter-suspects/

"An especially important yet greatly underreported feature of the Sandy Hook affair is the wholly bizarre performance of Connecticut’s top medical examiner H. Wayne Carver II at a December 15 press conference. Carver’s unusual remarks and behavior warrant close consideration because in light of his professional notoriety they appear remarkably amateurish and out of character.

H. Wayne Carver II has an extremely self-assured, almost swaggering presence in Connecticut state administration. In early 2012 Carver threatened to vacate his position because of state budget cuts and streamlining measures that threatened his professional autonomy over the projects and personnel he oversaw.
Along these lines the pathologist has gone to excessive lengths to demonstrate his findings and expert opinion in court proceedings. For example, in a famous criminal case Carver “put a euthanized pig through a wood chipper so jurors could match striations on the bone fragments with the few ounces of evidence that prosecutors said were on the remains of the victim.”[4] One would therefore expect Carver to be in his element while identifying and verifying the exact ways in which Sandy Hook’s children and teachers met their violent demise.

Yet the H. Wayne Carver who showed up to the December 15 press conference is an almost entirely different man, appearing apprehensive and uncertain, as if he is at a significant remove from the postmortem operation he had overseen. The multiple gaffes, discrepancies, and hedges in response to reporters’ astute questions suggest that he is either under coercion or an imposter. While the latter sounds untenable it would go a long way in explaining his sub-pedestrian grasp of medical procedures and terminology."

http://memoryholeblog.com/2012/12/24/the-sandy-hook-massacre-unanswered-questions-and-missing-information/

SUMMARY:

For our final word on the matter, let's ask Paul Craig Roberts, a former Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury and former associate editor of the Wall Street Journal what he thinks:

"Agenda-driven news is the reason that apparent inconsistencies in the Sandy Hook story were not investigated or explained. According to some reports, the medical examiner said the children were shot with a rifle, but other reports say the accused was found dead inside the school with two pistols and that a rifle was found outside in the car. The police capture a man in the woods who says “I didn’t do it.” How would a person in the woods know what has just happened? Who was the man? Was he investigated and released? Will we ever know?

Some reports say the school was locked and admission is via security camera and being buzzed in. Why would a heavily armed person be buzzed in? Other reports say he shot his way in. Why wouldn’t such a commotion have alerted the school?

Another puzzle is the video of a father whose child has supposedly been shot to pieces. Prior to the interview he is caught on camera laughing and joking, and then, like an actor, he pulls his face and voice into a presentation of grief for the interview. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urrRcgB581w and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMINqFGNr-w

The spokesman for the Connecticut State Police is anxious to control the story, warns social media against posting information contrary to official information, but provides little information, refusing to answer most questions. The usual “ongoing investigation” is invoked, but Lanza has already been declared to be the killer and the number of dead reported. About the only hard information that emerges is that the police are investigating where every component of the weapons was manufactured. The relevance to the shooting of where the components of the weapons were manufactured is not explained.

The medical examiner’s press conference is weird. He is incoherent, unsure of what he is supposed to say, hasn’t answers to questions he should have, and defers to police.

Perhaps the best way to avoid fueling suspicion is for public officials not to hold press conferences until they are prepared to answer the relevant questions.

And where are the bodies? Like the alleged murder of Osama bin Laden by a SEAL, the crucial evidence is not provided. Paul Vance, the Connecticut State Police spokesman, said that the “victims’ bodies were removed from the school overnight” and that detectives “were able to positively identify all of the victims and make some formal notification to all of the families of the victims.”

Allegedly, no parent wanted to see the body of their dead child, but how do you know it is your child if you do not see the body? It is a strange kind of closure when it is provided to parents by impersonal detectives. Has anyone seen a body other than a state medical examiner and a few detectives? Where are the media’s films of body bags being carried out of the school? Why would Obama’s gun control agenda forego the propaganda of a procession of body bags being carried out of a school?

Perhaps the sensitivity issue prevailed, but with all the suspicion that already exists about the government and its claims, why fuel the suspicion by withholding visual evidence of the tragedy?

There are reports that when emergency medical help arrived at the school, the medical personnel were denied access to the children on the grounds that there were no survivors and the scene was too gruesome. Yet, there is a conflicting story that one six-year-old girl had the presence of mind to play dead and walked out of her classroom unscathed. If the story is true, how do we know that other survivors did not bleed to death from wounds because the emergency medical personnel were denied access? Did police exercise more control over the scene than was warranted?

It doesn’t seem to matter that questions are not answered and discrepancies are not resolved. The story is useful to the gun control agenda. Progressives, in order to achieve their agenda, are willing adjuncts of the police state. The facts of the shooting are less important than the use of the incident to achieve their agenda.
Probably there are answers to the questions. Moreover, the news reports that are the basis for questions could be incorrect. But why aren’t the answers provided and confusions cleared up? Instead, people who ask obvious questions are dismissed as “insensitive to the tragedy” or as “conspiracy kooks.” This in itself deepens suspicion.

The Colorado movie theater shooting has its own unresolved discrepancies. One eyewitness claimed that there were two shooters. Apparently, the suspect was captured sitting in a car in the theater parking lot, which seems strange. There are claims that the accused, a graduate student in neuroscience, was involved with the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency in mind control research and that he doesn’t remember doing the shooting.

Do we actually know? Apparently not. Wouldn’t it be preferable to investigate these claims rather than to leave them as unanswered sources of suspicion? The loose ends of the Colorado movie shooting contribute to the suspicions caused by news reports of the Sandy Hook shootings."

http://www.lewrockwell.com/roberts/roberts384.html

Bilderbergers

2012-05-31T21:00:00.002-07:00

Here's the list of this year's attendees:

hantilly, Virginia, USA, 31 May-3 June 2012

Final List of Participants

Chairman

FRA	Castries, Henri de	Chairman and CEO, AXA Group

DEU	Ackermann, Josef	Chairman of the Management Board and the Group Executive Committee, Deutsche Bank AG
GBR	Agius, Marcus	Chairman, Barclays plc
USA	Ajami, Fouad	Senior Fellow, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University
USA	Alexander, Keith B.	Commander, US Cyber Command; Director, National Security Agency
INT	Almunia, Joaquín	Vice-President - Commissioner for Competition, European Commission
USA	Altman, Roger C.	Chairman, Evercore Partners
PRT	Amado, Luís	Chairman, Banco Internacional do Funchal (BANIF)
NOR	Andresen, Johan H.	Owner and CEO, FERD
FIN	Apunen, Matti	Director, Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA
TUR	Babacan, Ali	Deputy Prime Minister for Economic and Financial Affairs
PRT	Balsemão, Francisco Pinto	President and CEO, Impresa; Former Prime Minister
FRA	Baverez, Nicolas	Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
FRA	Béchu, Christophe	Senator, and Chairman, General Council of Maine-et-Loire
BEL	Belgium, H.R.H. Prince Philippe of
TUR	Berberoğlu, Enis	Editor-in-Chief, Hürriyet Newspaper
ITA	Bernabè, Franco	Chairman and CEO, Telecom Italia
GBR	Boles, Nick	Member of Parliament
SWE	Bonnier, Jonas	President and CEO, Bonnier AB
NOR	Brandtzæg, Svein Richard	President and CEO, Norsk Hydro ASA
AUT	Bronner, Oscar	Publisher, Der Standard Medienwelt
SWE	Carlsson, Gunilla	Minister for International Development Cooperation
CAN	Carney, Mark J.	Governor, Bank of Canada
ESP	Cebrián, Juan Luis	CEO, PRISA; Chairman, El País
AUT	Cernko, Willibald	CEO, UniCredit Bank Austria AG
FRA	Chalendar, Pierre André de	Chairman and CEO, Saint-Gobain
DNK	Christiansen, Jeppe	CEO, Maj Invest
RUS	Chubais, Anatoly B.	CEO, OJSC RUSNANO
CAN	Clark, W. Edmund	Group President and CEO, TD Bank Group
GBR	Clarke, Kenneth	Member of Parliament, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of Justice
USA	Collins, Timothy C.	CEO and Senior Managing Director, Ripplewood Holdings, LLC
ITA	Conti, Fulvio	CEO and General Manager, Enel S.p.A.
USA	Daniels, Jr., Mitchell E.	Governor of Indiana
USA	DeMuth, Christopher	Distinguished Fellow, Hudson Institute
USA	Donilon, Thomas E.	National Security Advisor, The White House
GBR	Dudley, Robert	Group Chief Executive, BP plc
ITA	Elkann, John	Chairman, Fiat S.p.A.
DEU	Enders, Thomas	CEO, Airbus
USA	Evans, J. Michael	Vice Chairman, Global Head of Growth Markets, Goldman Sachs & Co.
AUT	Faymann, Werner	Federal Chancellor
DNK	Federspiel, Ulrik	Executive Vice President, Haldor Topsøe A/S
USA	Ferguson, Niall	Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History, Harvard University
GBR	Flint, Douglas J.	Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings plc
CHN	Fu, Ying	Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
IRL	Gallagher, Paul	Former Attorney General; Senior Counsel
USA	Gephardt, Richard A.	President and CEO, Gephardt Group
GRC	Giannitsis, Anastasios	Former Minister of Interior; Professor of Development and International Economics, University of Athens
USA	Goolsbee, Austan D.	Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
USA	Graham, Donald E.	Chairman and CEO, The Washington Post Company
ITA	Gruber, Lilli	Journalist - Anchorwoman, La 7 TV
INT	Gucht, Karel de	Commissioner for Trade, European Commission
NLD	Halberstadt, Victor	Professor of Economics, Leiden University; Former Honorary Secretary General of Bilderberg Meetings
USA	Harris, Britt	CIO, Teacher Retirement System of Texas
USA	Hoffman, Reid	Co-founder and Executive Chairman, LinkedIn
CHN	Huang, Yiping	Professor of Economics, China Center for Economic Research, Peking University
USA	Huntsman, Jr., Jon M.	Chairman, Huntsman Cancer Foundation
DEU	Ischinger, Wolfgang	Chairman, Munich Security Conference; Global Head Government Relations, Allianz SE
RUS	Ivanov, Igor S.	Associate member, Russian Academy of Science; President, Russian International Affairs Council
FRA	Izraelewicz, Erik	CEO, Le Monde
USA	Jacobs, Kenneth M.	Chairman and CEO, Lazard
USA	Johnson, James A.	Vice Chairman, Perseus, LLC
USA	Jordan, Jr., Vernon E.	Senior Managing Director, Lazard
USA	Karp, Alexander	CEO, Palantir Technologies
USA	Karsner, Alexander	Executive Chairman, Manifest Energy, Inc
FRA	Karvar, Anousheh	Inspector, Inter-ministerial Audit and Evaluation Office for Social, Health, Employment and Labor Policies
RUS	Kasparov, Garry	Chairman, United Civil Front (of Russia)
GBR	Kerr, John	Independent Member, House of Lords
USA	Kerry, John	Senator for Massachusetts
TUR	Keyman, E. Fuat	Director, Istanbul Policy Center and Professor of International Relations, Sabanci University
USA	Kissinger, Henry A.	Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc.
USA	Kleinfeld, Klaus	Chairman and CEO, Alcoa
TUR	Koç, Mustafa	Chairman, Koç Holding A.Ş.
DEU	Koch, Roland	CEO, Bilfinger Berger SE
INT	Kodmani, Bassma	Member of the Executive Bureau and Head of Foreign Affairs, Syrian National Council
USA	Kravis, Henry R.	Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
USA	Kravis, Marie-Josée	Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
INT	Kroes, Neelie	Vice President, European Commission; Commissioner for Digital Agenda
USA	Krupp, Fred	President, Environmental Defense Fund
INT	Lamy, Pascal	Director-General, World Trade Organization
ITA	Letta, Enrico	Deputy Leader, Democratic Party (PD)
ISR	Levite, Ariel E.	Nonresident Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
USA	Li, Cheng	Director of Research and Senior Fellow, John L. Thornton China Center, Brookings Institution
USA	Lipsky, John	Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Johns Hopkins University
USA	Liveris, Andrew N.	President, Chairman and CEO, The Dow Chemical Company
DEU	Löscher, Peter	President and CEO, Siemens AG
USA	Lynn, William J.	Chairman and CEO, DRS Technologies, Inc.
GBR	Mandelson, Peter	Member, House of Lords; Chairman, Global Counsel
USA	Mathews, Jessica T.	President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
DEN	Mchangama, Jacob	Director of Legal Affairs, Center for Political Studies (CEPOS)
CAN	McKenna, Frank	Deputy Chair, TD Bank Group
USA	Mehlman, Kenneth B.	Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
GBR	Micklethwait, John	Editor-in-Chief, The Economist
FRA	Montbrial, Thierry de	President, French Institute for International Relations
PRT	Moreira da Silva, Jorge	First Vice-President, Partido Social Democrata (PSD)
USA	Mundie, Craig J.	Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Microsoft Corporation
DEU	Nass, Matthias	Chief International Correspondent, Die Zeit
NLD	Netherlands, H.M. the Queen of the
ESP	Nin Génova, Juan María	Deputy Chairman and CEO, Caixabank
IRL	Noonan, Michael	Minister for Finance
USA	Noonan, Peggy	Author, Columnist, The Wall Street Journal
FIN	Ollila, Jorma	Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell, plc
USA	Orszag, Peter R.	Vice Chairman, Citigroup
GRC	Papalexopoulos, Dimitri	Managing Director, Titan Cement Co.
NLD	Pechtold, Alexander	Parliamentary Leader, Democrats '66 (D66)
USA	Perle, Richard N.	Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
NLD	Polman, Paul	CEO, Unilever PLC
CAN	Prichard, J. Robert S.	Chair, Torys LLP
ISR	Rabinovich, Itamar	Global Distinguished Professor, New York University
GBR	Rachman, Gideon	Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, The Financial Times
USA	Rattner, Steven	Chairman, Willett Advisors LLC
CAN	Redford, Alison M.	Premier of Alberta
CAN	Reisman, Heather M.	CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc.
DEU	Reitzle, Wolfgang	CEO & President, Linde AG
USA	Rogoff, Kenneth S.	Professor of Economics, Harvard University
USA	Rose, Charlie	Executive Editor and Anchor, Charlie Rose
USA	Ross, Dennis B.	Counselor, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
POL	Rostowski, Jacek	Minister of Finance
USA	Rubin, Robert E.	Co-Chair, Council on Foreign Relations; Former Secretary of the Treasury
NLD	Rutte, Mark	Prime Minister
ESP	Sáenz de Santamaría Antón, Soraya	Vice President and Minister for the Presidency
NLD	Scheffer, Paul	Professor of European Studies, Tilburg University
USA	Schmidt, Eric E.	Executive Chairman, Google Inc.
AUT	Scholten, Rudolf	Member of the Board of Executive Directors, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG
FRA	Senard, Jean-Dominique	CEO, Michelin Group
USA	Shambaugh, David	Director, China Policy Program, George Washington University
INT	Sheeran, Josette	Vice Chairman, World Economic Forum
FIN	Siilasmaa, Risto	Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nokia Corporation
USA	Speyer, Jerry I.	Chairman and Co-CEO, Tishman Speyer
CHE	Supino, Pietro	Chairman and Publisher, Tamedia AG
IRL	Sutherland, Peter D.	Chairman, Goldman Sachs International
USA	Thiel, Peter A.	President, Clarium Capital / Thiel Capital
TUR	Timuray, Serpil	CEO, Vodafone Turkey
DEU	Trittin, Jürgen	Parliamentary Leader, Alliance 90/The Greens
GRC	Tsoukalis, Loukas	President, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy
FIN	Urpilainen, Jutta	Minister of Finance
CHE	Vasella, Daniel L.	Chairman, Novartis AG
INT	Vimont, Pierre	Executive Secretary General, European External Action Service
GBR	Voser, Peter	CEO, Royal Dutch Shell plc
SWE	Wallenberg, Jacob	Chairman, Investor AB
USA	Warsh, Kevin	Distinguished Visiting Fellow, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University
GBR	Wolf, Martin H.	Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times
USA	Wolfensohn, James D.	Chairman and CEO, Wolfensohn and Company
CAN	Wright, Nigel S.	Chief of Staff, Office of the Prime Minister
USA	Yergin, Daniel	Chairman, IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates
INT	Zoellick, Robert B.	President, The World Bank Group

	Rapporteurs
GBR	Bredow, Vendeline von	Business Correspondent, The Economist
GBR	Wooldridge, Adrian D.	Foreign Correspondent, The Economist

Wag The Dog

2012-04-28T17:12:00.000-07:00

Witness the Pilot episode of the X-files spin-off, Lone Gunmen, which aired in March of 2001.

Inside 9/11

2012-04-27T17:19:00.000-07:00

My name is David. This is my testimony, which I do swear before all the Powers That Be is the solemn truth, to the best of my ability to relate it.

Know I am a Canadian citizen and I have lived most of my life in Ottawa, Ontario, the nation's capital.

Know that my father, and his father before him, were career civil servants who served this country with passion, patriotism, and sincere devotion to the public good.

Know that in 2000-2001 I was employed at a supervisory level at a media monitoring firm contracted to National Defense, The Office of the Prime Minister (PMO), The Treasury Board, and other government clients as well as numerous corporate clients. I had a birds-eye view of the nightly news across Canada. I had stumbled into this job by accident at a time when the company was in some upheaval. I did not hold a security clearance of any kind.

Know that at that time I had been friends for six years with several fellows from the Maryland area of the United States. One of them had obtained a doctorate degree in history and had gone to work at the Pentagon as a strategic planner. We shall call him “Frank”. Because we both worked odd hours at stressful jobs, we stayed in near constant communication over the internet during the 2000-2001 period. It is possible that this friend assumed I had a security clearance of some sort to be doing the work I was doing. After swearing me to secrecy, he imparted some information to me, which I will relate to you.

Know that I have kept these secrets for more than ten years, mostly out of a sense of obligation to my friend, partly because of stunned disbelief on my own part, and partly out of regard for my own well-being. I am changing my mind about this now because I have very recently reconsidered my philosophical position on life, the universe, and everything, and I feel that I have an obligation to speak up and say what I know, regardless of what promises my younger self might have made.

This is a record of my observations and experiences in those days.

Know that in 2000, a few weeks after George W Bush won the election, Frank very excitedly related to me that they had "a whole new strategy" coming in. He told me that plans were being drawn up to invade Iraq, Afghanistan, and one other nation which he could not name.

He said that "all options were on the table" and that nuclear airbursts as a ground-clearing measure had been openly discussed.

Under the strictest confidence, he indicated that "invisibility cloak" prototypes were going to be used for special forces operations.

When asked about the morality of such a project, he claimed to be a dedicated absolutist who knew that might was the only right in human affairs.

When asked how this strategy would be sold to the public, he indicated that I would understand everything perfectly in August of 2001.

Shortly thereafter, I covered a news item for the Treasury Board. George Bush had met with Alan Greenspan of the Federal Reserve. George was clapping Alan on the back and mugging for the cameras. Alan looked like he had just swallowed something very unpleasant. Two days later, the Fed hiked interest rates sharply, citing the need to let some air out of the economy, stating that the red-hot market would not survive the sudden blow of a terrorist attack.

Two months later, the dot-com crash was well underway.

In the weeks leading up to September 11, 2001, Frank was very very busy, but made a point of checking in every morning at approximately 4 am EST to say hello.

On the morning of September 11, he was not online.

After going home around 5:00 am, I went to sleep. I was awakened by a phone call from the office manager at about 10:30 the following morning, and returned to the office to cover the unfolding events of that day.

With some desperation, I looked to see if Frank was safe. He logged on in the early evening of September 12 to assure me and our small online community that he was well, although he regretted that his office had become a smoldering ruin. When pushed, he indicated that he had been off-site conducting "war games" at the time of the attack.

When asked directly if this cataclysm had been the event he had indicated would happen, he directly answered in the negative, and emphasized that he could never knowingly be a part of such a thing.

I pointed out to him that actually, yeah he probably could.

He never spoke to me again, and I have lost touch with him.

In my capacity as a media monitor, I found a story in the (I think) October 21 international edition of Time Magazine about the attacks. The official reason given by The White House to Time Magazine for the failure of air defenses around the Pentagon is that war games were being conducted in an off-site bunker that morning. The war games were a simulation of an attack on the twin towers of the WTC by hijacked airliners.

According to the White House, the actual terrorist attack was "piggy-backed" on the virtual terrorist attack. This is the reason why the SAM batteries that protect the Pentagon failed to work.

I would like to make a few other quick observations based on things that stood out at me in the course of my regular work. In the days following 9/11, Pakistan refused to allow America access to its borders. In quick succession over a few days, Canadian news reported the mysterious deaths of Pakistani embassy workers in three countries: one in South Africa, one in Chile, and one in Ottawa, where I was living and working. The death in Ottawa occurred two blocks from my office, in the following manner; the embassy worker was hit from opposite directions by two cars simultaneously at a busy intersection. Both cars were driving at high speed. His death was ruled an accident. The next day, Pakistan agreed to allow America access to its borders.

I also distinctly remember covering this story: although America had just been attacked, Congress was nearly empty on the day that emergency powers were approved for the President... for the most part, the members of Congress were on vacation at the time. This is how The Patriot Act was passed into law.

Covered for the PMO by another supervisor in our office: several regional newspapers ran strange stories to dispel insistent rumours that this was simply the latest chapter in an ancient war between the Assassins and the Freemasons. This peculiar theory was also soundly ridiculed on a very special episode of "The West Wing" which aired shortly after the attacks. I never knew what to make of that, but I know that it seemed strange that The West Wing would be going out of its way to dismiss a theory that nobody I knew was seriously entertaining at the time.

I swear that everything I have said here is the truth to the best of my knowledge.

A few personal reflections, if I might:

First of all, please know that having experienced all these things first hand, I still more or less doubted my own faculties for the first three years after the event. I didn't wish to become "one of them"... suspicious, paranoid, jumping at shadows. That's how powerful the official story is; even when there are holes in it big enough that a child pick it apart, our desire to believe in the rightness of our way of life will always bias us toward ignoring the information we don't want to process. Well, I should speak only for myself here, I guess.

I should also mention that I did keep some notes, and that I had a geocities website which I updated with news stories as a hobby. Although I had not committed to a narrative, I did express doubts about the veracity of the official story. Shortly after the attacks, the website was taken down. I received one "spook" call about an unrelated issue, and around the same time my mailbox was broken into. I backed off.

I only really made up my mind that this was all a set-up during the early days of the Iraq war. I distinctly recall watching Rumsfeld in a press briefing, explaining with some exasperation to a stubborn reporter that the plans for invading Iraq had been on the shelf until late in 2002. Something clicked with me. Yep! They've been lying all along!

Keeping this information secret has been costly for me spiritually. Soon after these events, I lost all faith in humans, believing them to be stupid, hollow, and deserving of their fates. I sank into a life of hedonism and did my very best to poison myself into an early grave. I do not intend to be overly histrionic here, but these events affected me very deeply. Particularly upsetting to me was that it seemed like people were doing their math very poorly if they accepted without question that two airplanes could knock down three buildings.

I have since reconsidered this position. Humans are not stupid. Americans are not feeble by nature. My feeling is that what is happening here is that we are under hypnosis. Our brains are editing out the information that we cannot bear to think about. Thus, we can believe that two equals three, and this is not a problem for us.

If I had to guess, I would say that we are under hypnosis because we spend several hours a day staring at a flickering hypnosis machine and listening to hypnotic suggestions from paid liars who speak with a hypnotic cadence.

I am telling you now that anyone with even basic training in reasoning will find huge problems with the narrative we were given to accept by the government and the media in the days following September 11, 2001.

But because your subconscious is so powerful, you probably already know this. That is why you are waking up now. The whole time you have been reading this message, you have been feeling a tickle of awakening, and now perhaps you are ready to snap to and experience the first moment of clean consciousness in quite a while.

My feeling on the matter is that the American government, or elements therein, murdered 2000 or more American citizens, an offering to a dark god, to launch the campaign of terror that is culminating now.

So, if I had a chance to address the people of America, it would be to tell them that their government is lying to them, the news is lying to them, and their protectors are lying to them. Everything they are being told about their place in the world is a lie from a pack of lying liars who are lying with every breath they can muster to keep the electorate asleep while the military pursues geostrategic objectives. The organization that orchestrated these events will murder anyone, and their family too, without hesitation, because they are egotists who think of the electorate as less than a piece of shit to be scraped off the heel of their schemes. Possibly they justify this as being “for the greater good”.

These wars must stop immediately.

I cannot for the moment decide with certainty if Obama is ineffectual, or if he is actually sold on seeing this madness through to the end. I will tell you that if he is re-elected in 2012, he will not repeal the Patriot Act, disband Homeland Security, or bring an end to the endless warfare. I hope Americans consider voting for Ron Paul in 2012. However strongly I disagree with him on many things, his desire to see this come to a stop, as well as his intellectual honesty and real engagement of the issues, merits the highest consideration.

It's probably already far too late, but if there is one last chance for that nation to repair its current system instead of just starting a new one, I think this is it.

I'm sorry to all of you that I waited so long to speak up.

No Cure For Cancer

2012-04-26T16:29:00.000-07:00

Because of Blogger's new shitty format, I will have to link to this video here instead of including it. Time to move to WordPress, I guess.

Well, this sort of says it all.

II recently overheard some hillbillies on the radio talking about how baking soda could cure cancer. Seems like a stretch. Possibly they are referring to this fella's work?

On this website, we are told, "Everyone should know that the 'war on cancer' is largely a fraud." by Linus Pauling, PhD, Two-Time Nobel Prize Winner.

A Google search of "Monsanto cancer milk" brings up articles like this one. And there are indications the story is being repressed.

Geez, it's almost like they WANT us to die.

Whatever the case is, it's seeming clear that if you are sick with cancer you need to do your own research.

JFK Speaks

2012-04-20T10:08:00.003-07:00

Here's a neat little clip of a JFK speech.

As usual, I intend to make no assertions or allegations of the truth or falsehood of anything said by Mr. Kennedy. I intend only to make this information available, and to note that it exists.

I am not, after all, a "conspiracy theorist". Conspiracies don't exist. Period. Never have. Everything happens in the sun. Always has. To think otherwise would be "crazy".

This new informational paradigm is fascinating.

Where to get real news:

2012-04-17T20:55:00.002-07:00

This list was cribbed shamelessly from another site whose name escapes me for the time being. Gah, sorry dudes.

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6 Trillion Bucks

2012-04-17T19:47:00.003-07:00

Here are links to news articles concerning the seizure of 6 FUCKING TRILLION dollars in counterfeit bonds in Italy on February 17th of this year.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/6-trillion-us-bonds-seized-zurich
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/why-were-trillions-fake-bonds-held-chicago-fed-crates
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/17/2646395/italy-confiscates-6-trillion-in.html
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/World/20120217/government-bonds-fake-120217/
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-17/italy-police-seize-6-trillion-of-fake-u-s-treasury-bonds-in-switzerland.html
http://www.businessinsider.com/this-again-people-are-talking-about-6-trillion-worth-of-fake-us-treasuries-seized-in-italy-2012-2
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17076378
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/italy-police-seize-6-trillion-144806660.html
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/trillions-in-fake-us-bonds-seized/story-e6frf7jx-1226274347089
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/17/us-usa-bonds-forgery-idUSTRE81G11620120217
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-17/record-6-trillion-of-fake-u-s-bonds-seized-in-mafia-probe.html
http://www.deutsche-mittelstands-nachrichten.de/2012/02/38419/
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/italy-confiscates-trillion-fake-us-bonds-15707565#.Tz59rXnMZA4
http://business.financialpost.com/2012/02/17/italy-seizes-6-trillion-in-fake-u-s-bonds/
http://news.yahoo.com/italy-police-seize-6-trillion-fake-u-t-144806353.html
http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2012/02/17/police-seize-6t-in-fake-us-treasury-bonds-in-switzerland/

Further information can be found on the website Divine Cosmos, which has been covering this story extensively.

Is Ben Fulford full of shit or not?

2012-04-16T13:18:00.006-07:00

Benjamin Fulford is the former Asia-Pacific bureau chief of Forbes magazine, and he has some pretty far-out stories to tell.

If you're like me, and still just getting your feet wet with all this intrigue, then you probably have some very sane doubts about the veracity of his information, or about his sanity or sincerity.

We will take the critical rationalist approach of simply looking at facts while reserving judgment.

Here is Ben Fulford ranting at a camera on Japanese television.

The guy sitting off to the side looking sort of menacing is Chodoin Daikaku, who purports to be the head of the world's martial arts societies, instructor to Vladimir Putin, and along with Mr. Fulford, an affiliate of the White Dragon Family in Asia.

"Daikaku Chodoin, 68, is the founder and president of the United World Karate Association, which combines all five iemoto (the traditional branches of the martial art) with an estimated 50 million practitioners around the world. A kyuudan (9th degree black belt) of Goju-ryu, one of Okinawa's "hard-soft" karate styles, Chodoin is a fearless fighter who thrives on going to battle both on and off the dojo floor. His winning streak began in his 20s: He first struck gold with shipbuilding and later made a killing with real estate and stocks. He has used his vast fortune to fight racial discrimination and supported revolutionary movements in Africa, South America and the Middle East. In 1985 Chodoin established the World Black Congress in order to unite Africans and that same year he created the Society of International Outer Space Law to draw up a legal framework that would give all nations equal right to space. Chodoin's desire to heal and save the world struck a chord with Michael Jackson: Since their first meeting in 1997, The King of Pop and the King of karate got along royally. In 1998, Chodoin presented Michael with the Honorary Chairmanship of the United World Karate Association and a godan (fifth degree) black belt."

Here's a picture of Mr. Daikaku with Michael Jackson:

Here is Fulford again, along with a fellow named "Alexander Romanov" who purports to be the grandmaster of the Gnostic Illuminati, issuing an ultimatum to what they call "the cabal" by which they mean the Rothschilds, I guess. Mr. Romanov has a series of videos available on Youtube detailing his claim to the office of AntiChrist.

Fulford is also named in the documents reported on here, a trillion dollar lawsuit filed by The Dragon Family against various parties including The United Nations.

From the document itself:

"Upon information and belief, these Bonds [held by the Dragon Family] have values ranging in the many Thousands of Trillions of United States Dollars, a relatively small portion of which is involved in the claims giving rise to this action.

Each of these currencies, such as the DFFI [Dragon Family Financial Instruments] involved in this action, was and remains duly registered within the Federal Reserve System -- and are directly verifiable by the Federal Reserve through its efficient verification system and screening process."

That brings me to today's proceedings, this post is shared from Ben Fulford's blog and went online today:

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It is time to take the ring of power to mount doom

by Benjamin Fulford, April 17, 2012
The battle for control of the global financial system and thus the future of the planet has reached a temporary deadlock as the committee of 300 struggles to maintain power even as the rest of the world continues to push for a fair, free and open financial system controlled by the people of the planet. The situation has reached the point where physical action against the committee (mainly in the form of mass arrests) has become the only possible recourse.
One problem, of course, lies in the issue of what to do about the “ring of power,” or the job hitherto referred to as M1, wherein a single individual has ultimate control over the creation and distribution of money. There is no M1 now according to the Swiss government and other sources. Somebody needs to make sure that never again is single individual given such power and that means metaphorically taking the centralized control of finance and dissolving it in the “Mt. Doom,” of the Lord of the Rings to ensure that humanity is once again free from debt slavery and horror.
There were many meetings world-wide last week aimed at accomplishing exactly this.
In Japan a representative of the White Dragon Society met with top Finance Ministry official Eijiro Katsu and Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa last Thursday to discuss what to do about the astronomical sums placed inside Federal Reserve Board and Euroclear computers by competing factions.
The answer they gave is that Japan wants to go ahead and start using the funds for the benefit of the planet but that the Japanese authorities needed to proceed cautiously. Translation: They want to make sure they are on the winning side and will keep a low profile until then.
The committee of 300 tried to cash $600 trillion worth of bonds, through Dr. Zvonko Berdik-Albert, “President and CEO of the World Economy & Finance Treasury.” They claimed to represent the Dragon Family Royal Society composed of Asian royal families but as reported last week it turns out to have been an attempt by the committee of 300 to pretend they represented Asia. However, their representative has since ceased all contact with either the White Dragon Society or the Japanese government.
In a different move, Neil Keenan and Keith Scott issued a cease and desist against UBS Chairman Kaspar Villiger and a Singaporean agent by the name of Alex Ling Lee Soon who were caught trying to get their hand on the real dragon family’s funds. Shortly after that UK Prime Minister David Cameron also tried to get his hands on the money but was rebuffed. Keenan and Scott are working on behalf of a Swiss led 134 nation alliance.
In the meantime, the situation in Cabal controlled economies is getting progressively worse by the day. For example, markets in Europe were rattled last week despite feel good talk by various cabal controlled leaders like Nicholas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel. The real situation in Europe is as follows* The Greek Government has unfunded liabilities worth 800% of their GDP and their economy shrank by 5% last year. The unemployment rate in Spain is 23% while the youth unemployment rate is 50%. The Portuguese economy is expected to shrink by 5% this year. Italy’s debt is 2.7 times that of the PIIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain). Their chief creditor, the German banking system, meanwhile, is leveraged at 32/1.
Put in simple terms, the European cabal controlled banking system is bankrupt. What this means is that the European people are about to be freed from debt slavery.
In the US as well, institutions like Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan etc. are already shadows of their former selves with their CEOs constantly surrounded by lawyers and armed guards.
There were also reports from three different sources from three separate intelligence agencies (MI6, CIA and NSA) that the Bushes, Clintons and other cabal leaders had prepared a hideaway in the Bahamas. A look with Google Earth did reveal two separate locations with air-strips located next to a group of ultra-rich people’s type housing complexes. One of the Islands had a giant Star of David on it clearly visible from a satellite.
However, sources in the Pentagon make it clear the cabalists will not be allowed to leave the United States until they have faced the justice system. These same sources say 800 bankers have already resigned and many arrests have already taken place.
In China as well, there are signs of major change. As noted before, all the top leaders such as Xi Xinping who were supposed to take over the government this year have vanished from the pages of the official Xinhua government news site in April. Clearly some sort of coup d’etat can now be confirmed to have taken place there even though the Western corporate news corps is still only focused on Bo Xilai. The Bo investigation has definitely gone far beyond him.
In Japan too, the yakuza and right wing forces allied with the White Dragon Society are getting impatient and are making plans to detain key cabal operatives for questioning. Major historical changes are becoming increasingly obvious.
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As you can see, if this is bullshit or performance art, then it is thoughtfully crafted and runs pretty deep.
It is verifiable that bankers are resigning en masse... see an earlier post on this blog for details.

Two movies to watch

2012-04-15T10:59:00.003-07:00

A couple of interesting flicks that merit some attention:

One is the movie Thrive, which can be watched for free here:

The interesting thing about Thrive is that the movement was created by Foster Gamble, from the Proctor and Gamble family... a fact that he is quite up front about. So, take it or leave it, this offers you some indication of what sort of thinking is going on behind the scenes amongst the economic elites of the world.

He blogs knowledgeably about conspiracy theory things like HAARP and chemtrails, but the sources he links to for his information include sites like RT and infowars... not that I have a particular problem with that, but it would be nice to see him dig a bit deeper. Even someone with my resources could troll the infowars site for scary stories.

The other cool movie came out very recently and is called Owned and Operated. Just watch it... the apotheosis of the post-banker generation, seen through the eyes of the internet.

Big Things In Iceland

2012-04-14T23:06:00.004-07:00

Iceland has apparently canceled mortgage debt for a portion of the population and intends to hold bankers accountable for plundering the country, as I understand this news report. Seems a bit sensationalistic, but it's encouraging that they mention holding bankers accountable for their problems.

They also have put their former PM on trial. Hrmmm... starting to sound like a good idea...

594 Banker Resignations

2012-04-14T23:01:00.004-07:00

Mass Resignations in the financial community.

reblogged from American Kabuki

Abreviations used:

CEO = Chief Executive Officer
CFO = Chief Financial Officer
CIO = Chief Investment Officer also can be Chief Information Officer (head of IT)
COO = Chief Operating Officer
EVP = Executive Vice President
CRO = Chief Risk Officer
INC = Incorporated (can be private held or publically traded shares)
PLC = Public Limited Company (publicly traded shares can be listed or unlisted on stock market)
LTD = Limited Company (privately held)
LLC = American version of LTD, but can have a shareholder/member that is an INC, often hybrids of both
AG = German version of PLC
AB = Swedish version of PLC
SA = Society Anonymous in various latin languages - same as PLC
NV = Dutch version of PLC
BV = Dutch version of LTD
LP = Limited Partners (partnership with limited liability)
REIT = Real Estate Investment Trust

Click here to scroll to latest additions to list, then scroll up.

9/01/11 (USA NY) Bank of New York Mellon Chief Robert P. Kelly Resigns in a Shake-UP
http://goo.gl/NdW7q
9/06/11 (BELGIUM) Dexia confirmed that its CEO Stefaan Decraene had left the company. Its exposures to sovereign debt in the PIIGS nations are larger than its core Tier 1 capital.
http://goo.gl/vuhvd
9/08/11 (US OR)PremierWest chairman John Anhorn retires
http://goo.gl/ltkXf
9/09/11 (GERMANY) European Central Bank (ECB) governing board member Jürgen Stark, who has resigned
http://goo.gl/t83S4
9/09/11 (US OR) Chief investment officer for the Oregon State Treasury Ron Schmitz resigns.
http://goo.gl/nZ88q
9/12/11 (HONG KONG) HSBC Group Hang Seng Bank Non-Executive Director Mark McCombe resigns
http://goo.gl/mCTgi
9/12/11 (US PA) First Commonwealth Financial Corp, EVP strategic resources Thaddeus J. Clements resigns
goo.gl/6ZMXF
9/13/11 (US MA) Eastern Bank wealth management head Carol McMullen resigned
http://goo.gl/DJSqC
9/14/11 (USA NJ) Columbia Bank CEO Raymond G. Hallock Announces Retirement
http://goo.gl/UjUZY
9/14/11 (NEW ZELAND) AMP NZ Office Limited (ANZO), Mark Verbiest has resigned as a director. His resignation arises due to his desire to devote the necessary time and energy to his prospective new role as Chairman of Telecom, assuming the Telecom demerger is sanctioned by Telecom shareholders.
http://goo.gl/LjSI0
9/15/11 (USA NY) Morgan Stanley, Chairman John Mack resigns
http://goo.gl/jWWv7
9/16/11 (US FL) Atlantic Coast Bank President and Chief Operating Officer Robert Larison retires
http://goo.gl/z3EJL
9/18/11 (JORDAN) Central Bank governor Faris Sharaf resigns over policy
http://goo.gl/8yU5N
9/19/11 (US MS) COO of Parkway Properties (REIT) William Flatt Resigns
goo.gl/Y3kr4
9/20/11 (SCOTLAND) SCOTTISH WIDOWS (RETIREMENT INVESTMENT SAVINGS FUND) There could be no Scottish representative on the board of Lloyds Banking Group, owner of Bank of Scotland, in future after it announced the departure of Lord Sandy Leitch, the chairman of Scottish Widows and group deputy chairman.
http://goo.gl/Dx8qs
9/20/11 (JAPAN) BLife Investment Corporation (Diawa House Asset Management) Director Masaomi Yamadaira resigns
goo.gl/EYOau
9/20/11 (US HI) First Hawaiian Bank's CEO Don Horner retires
http://goo.gl/3rB82
9/21/11 (AUSTRALIA & NZ) JP Morgan Australia and New Zealand Worldwide Securities Services CEO Jane Perry resigned
http://goo.gl/Qx0Va
9/23/11 (Singapore) Executive board director Rohit Bhagat has tendered his resignation to the board of BlackRock (Singapore) Limited and BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited.
http://goo.gl/Nksjb
9/23/11 (UK) UniCredit FX Global Head Nick Crawford Resigns
http://goo.gl/JyWfT
9/25/11 (SWITZERLAND) UBS CEO Oswald Gruebel quits over £1.5bn rogue trader crisis
http://goo.gl/WCeqB
9/25/11 (USA CA) American River Bankshares Douglas E. Tow, Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer, will retire from the Company http://goo.gl/24aAU
9/28/11 (SWITZERLAND) SNB Bank Council: Fritz Studer resigns as per end-April 2012
http://goo.gl/7dNiD
9/29/11 (UK) Barclays, Head of UK & European Retail Banking Deanna Oppenheimer resigned.
http://goo.gl/o63jO
9/29/11 (USA NM) New Mexico Pension Fund Director Terry Slattery Resigns
http://goo.gl/BzLn4
9/30/11 (SINGAPORE) AIMS AMP CAP INDUSTRIAL REIT, Ms Tang Buck Kiau resigned.
http://goo.gl/VGxjv
9/30/11 (ICELAND) Alternate board member of Iceland State Financial Investments Thórdís Bjarnadóttir resigns
goo.gl/0c2em
10/01/11 (Iceland)Chairman of Glitnir Bank's Resolution CommitteeÁrni Tómassonresigns
http://goo.gl/EjuVy
10/01/11 (USA MO) Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Thomas M. Hoenig retired on Oct. 1, 2011
http://goo.gl/B8WK7
10/03/11 (INDIA) The of Euram Bank Asia, president Arun Panchariya, has resigned after being implicated in a stock trading scandal in India.
http://goo.gl/yh2bF
10/03/11 (GHANA) Intercontinental Bank Ghana Limited, Managing Director and CEO Albert Mmegwa resigned.
http://goo.gl/Vc252
10/03/11 (USA FL) Quantek Opportunity Fund, portfolio manager Javier Guerra. Arbitration awarded $1 million damages to Aris Multi-Strategy Fund. Quantek Asset Management made false statements to Aris.
http://goo.gl/udpBA
10/05/11 (UK) UBS co-chief François Gouws of global equities had resigned after last month’s revelation of a $2.3 billion loss from unauthorized trading.
http://goo.gl/OuUjr
10/05/11 (UK) UBS co-chief Yassine Bouhara of global equities had resigned after last month’s revelation of a $2.3 billion loss from unauthorized trading.
http://goo.gl/OuUjr
10/06/11 (US OR) CEO of CASCADE BANCORP Patricia Moss retires
http://goo.gl/CBemC
10/10/11 (BELGIUM) Dexia (Franco-Belgian bank) its chairman Jean-Luc Dehaene will give up his role on the board of Dexia's Belgian division, which is being sold to the Belgian state as part of a rescue deal, the group said on Monday.
http://goo.gl/vyldE
10/11/11 (UK) BlackRock, head of sterling portfolios and manager of the Corporate Bond fund, Paul Shuttleworth, has resigned after 11 years at the firm.
http://goo.gl/FMBjw
10/11/11 (UK) Dynamic Funds, portfolio manager David Taylor has resigned.
http://goo.gl/GZCt5
10/11/11 (CHINA) China Construction Bank Non-Executive Direct Sue Yang resigns for personal reasons.
http://goo.gl/ip8Un
10/13/11 (UK) Cogent Partners co-head research department Katita Palamar resigned.
http://goo.gl/TVLWO
10/13/11 (UK) Cogent Partners co-head research department Bill Farrell resigned.
http://goo.gl/TVLWO
10/13/11 (US OR) MBank CEO Rex Brittle resigns
goo.gl/D48Vh
10/14/11 (USA TX) Deutsche Bank Investment Advisor Griffin Perry resigns, SEC regulations prevented him from campaigning for his father Rick Perry's Presidential campaign.
http://goo.gl/R0PgH
10/23/11 (USA) Fairholme Capital Management LLC, Director Charles Fernandez stepped down for personal reasons. Fairholme Fund has lost 26 percent of its net asset value due to bets that have backfired on AIG Inc, Bank of America Corp and Florida-based landowner and developer St Joe Co.
http://goo.gl/vzTbY
10/24/11 (ICELAND) Icelandic State Financial Investments board members of Icelandic State Financial Investments have resigned following “outside interference” with their Sept. 30 decision to hire Pall Magnusson, the former political adviser to the island’s industry minister, as chief executive officer. [names and positions have been requested from the reporter on 3/9/12]
http://goo.gl/lEpz2
10/24/11 (SINGAPORE) Keppel Corporation Limited, Teo Soon Hoe will resign from his role as group finance director Jan 1.
http://goo.gl/l90be
10/26/11 (INDIA) Beed District Bank (Coop Bank) CEO B S Deshmukh arrested for embezzling Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd payment deposits.
http://goo.gl/CXL7Z
10/26/11 (INDIA) Beed District Bank (Coop Bank) former CEO A N Kulkarni arrested for embezzling Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd payment deposits.
http://goo.gl/CXL7Z
10/26/11 (US VA) The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, CEO Charles E. Haldeman will retire in 2012
goo.gl/CF4SF
10/27/11 (USA NY) Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc (KBW) CEO John Duffy stepped aside. Duffy has prostate cancer.
http://goo.gl/i1s3E
10/27/11(US WA) Pacific International Bank CEO Woosung "Edward" Park abruptly resigns
goo.gl/nJgkI
10/29/11 (CHINA) China Construction Bank Corp Chairman Guo Shuqing resigns
http://goo.gl/fdd9v
10/29/11 (CHINA) Agricultural Bank of China Ltd Chairman Xiang Junbo resigns
http://goo.gl/yWX9R
10/31/11 (EUROPEAN COMMUNITY) European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet, resigns.
http://goo.gl/ygG59
11/01/11 (INDIA) Beed District Bank (Coop Bank More directors resign [research still being conducted on the names]
http://goo.gl/HD8BQ
11/02/11 (UK) Lloyds Banking Group chief executive, António Horta-Osório, is to take leave of absence on health grounds for six to eight weeks, the BBC has reported. (STILL OUT AS OF 2/24/12 - DEFACTO RESIGNATION)
http://goo.gl/3L9gE
11/03/11 (POLAND) Nordea Bank Poland, Wlodzimierz Kicinski resigned from as President of the Management Board of Nordea Bank Poland as of the 10th of November.
http://goo.gl/oKUVZ
11/04/11 (USA NY) MF Global, Jon Corzine, stepped down as chairman and CEO, hired criminal attorney to represent him.
http://goo.gl/tUaVY
11/04/11 (SWITZERLAND) Hyposwiss Private Bank Ltd., Director Hans Bodmer resigns from the Board
goo.gl/5ydhv
11/05/11 (IRELAND)Bank of Ireland announces board shake-up. Director of the Board Denis Donovan resigns
http://goo.gl/4JULU
11/05/11 (IRELAND)Bank of Ireland Des Crowley resigns
http://goo.gl/4JULU
11/05/11 (IRELAND)Bank of Ireland non-executive director Paul Haran resigns
http://goo.gl/4JULU
11/05/11 (IRELAND)Bank of Ireland non-executive director Heather Ann McSharry resigns
http://goo.gl/4JULU
11/05/11 (IRELAND)Bank of Ireland non-executive director Dennis Holt resigns
http://goo.gl/4JULU
11/06/11 (GREECE) Marfin Investment Group. Greek Banking Tycoon Andreas Vgenopoulos surprise resignation from his own firm.
http://goo.gl/LUxE2
11/07/11 (SINGAPORE) Singapore Mercantile Exchange (SMX), CEO Framroze Pochara quits.
http://goo.gl/eum87
11/07/11 (US MO) President Maurrice Sandfort retires from Bank of Missouri
http://goo.gl/gpYj4
11/07/11 (US MN) Bremer Bank President/CEO Gary Bigler retires
http://goo.gl/BFHV9
11/08/11 (SINGAPORE) The Singapore Fund, Inc, Austin C. Dowling has resigned as Director of the Fund
http://goo.gl/bCUhI
11/09/11 (USA NY) HSBC Israeli desk, managing director Issac Doueck resigned.
http://goo.gl/zuCJE
11/09/11 (ISRAEL) HSBC Israeli desk, senior representative Simon Hakim resigned.
http://goo.gl/zuCJE
11/09/11 (SWITZERLAND) HSBC Israeli desk, head of Israel Dan Sagi resigned.
http://goo.gl/zuCJE
11/09/11 (USA NY) HSBC Israeli desk, ????? resigned.
http://goo.gl/zuCJE
11/09/11 (USA NY) HSBC Israeli desk, ????? resigned.
http://goo.gl/zuCJE
11/10/11 (EUROPEAN COMMUNITY) European Central Bank Lorenzo Bini Smaghi resigned from the European Central Bank’s Executive Board.
http://goo.gl/Invjc
11/11/11 (HONG KONG) Goldman Sachs' Asia Pacific co-head Yusuf Alireza is retiring from the investment bank after 19 years
http://goo.gl/pejs3
11/10/11 (INDIA) UBS The head of India operations at UBS AG , Manisha Girotra, has resigned
http://goo.gl/3aTh2
11/15/11 (USA NY) Icahn Enterprises LP, senior managing director of health-care investing, Alex Denner, has resigned.
http://goo.gl/X1A4i
11/15/11 (US NJ) GAIN Capital CFO Henry Lyons resigns
http://goo.gl/3xC6L
11/16/11 (EUROPEAN COMMUNITY) International Monetary Fund Europe, director Antonio Borges resigns for personal reasons.
http://goo.gl/55CqZ
11/17/11 (NETHERLANDS) Syntrus Achmea (pensions manager), CIO Marjolein Sol is resigning.
http://goo.gl/Xqxsr
11/17/11 (INDIA) Nomura India's investment banking head Nipun Goel resigns
goo.gl/RaK9X
11/17/11 (INDIA) Nomura India's Capital market division head Indraneil Borkakoty resigns
goo.gl/RaK9X
11/17/11 (INDIA) Nomura India's executive director Shubham Majumder resigns
goo.gl/RaK9X
11/18/11 (US WA) President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle Steven R. Horton retires
goo.gl/cjJJD
11/18/11 (US MD) Legendary mutual fund manager Bill Miller CIO of Legg Mason Capital Management and portfolio manager of LM Value Trust resigns
goo.gl/YO4CJ
11/18/11 (ICELAND) Horn Invest hf., Director of the Board of Guðrún Ragnarsdóttir resigned
goo.gl/k54sv
11/18/11 (ICELAND) CEO of Landsbankinn Steinthór Pálsson resigned from the Board of Horn Invest hf.
goo.gl/k54sv
11/18/11 (SCOTLAND) Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Limited (SWIP) Private Equity Fund, wish to announce the resignation of John Brett from the Board of Directors of the Company, for business reasons.
http://goo.gl/MLsp8
11/19/11 (HK)CEO of Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong)Peter Wongsteps down
11/21/11 (JAPAN) UBS’s Japan Investment Banking Chairman Matsui to Resign
http://goo.gl/OiDiq
11/22/11(US TX) SWS Group Executive Vice President Paul D. Vinton retires
http://goo.gl/0UG7W
11/23/11 (GERMANY) CEO of Clearstream Banking AG, Frankfurt Andreas Wolf resigns and leaves the boards of Clearstream International S.A., Luxembourg and Deutsche Börse Group
goo.gl/FE2TB
11/23/12 (USA SC & NC) Bank of the Carolinas, CFO Eric Rhodes resigns for personal reasons. Bank of the Carolinas was delisted from the NASDAQ on 3/9/12
http://goo.gl/oytcD
11/24/12 (IRELAND) AXA Rosenberg Management Ireland Limited, director Simon Vanstone resigns.
http://goo.gl/x5Fl6
11/28/11 (LATVIA) Latvia’s chief banking regulator, Irena Krumane, said she resigned today, a week after the state took over Latvijas Krajbanka AS (LKB1R), the Baltic News Service reported. The bank regulator suspended operations at Krajbanka, a subsidiary of Lithuania’s Bankas Snoras AB, on Nov. 21 and said around 100 million lati ($191.8 million) was missing. The Lithuanian government seized Snoras on Nov. 16 saying assets reported on the lender’s balance sheet were missing.
http://goo.gl/mUvLF
11/29/11 (USA) R. David Land Submits Resignation from the Boards of Directors of Peoples Bancorp. and Seneca National Bank
http://goo.gl/XncOc
11/29/11 (NORWAY) Carnegie ASA’s co-head of investment banking in Norway, Cato Holmsen, has resigned
http://goo.gl/utIfy
11/29/11 (FRANCE) AXA Real Estate Investment Managers, Global head of business development, strategy and research for Kiran Patel, has handed in his resignation. Patel was with the firm for 11 years.
http://goo.gl/iGjB6
11/29/11 (US MI)Chairman of Fentura's State BankForrest Shooksteps down
http://goo.gl/0Kfg2
11/30/11 (LITHUANIA) Lithuania Central Bank, Governor Vitas Vasiliauskas fired Kazimieras Ramonas, head of the banking supervision department, after seizing Bankas Snoras AB, the country’s third-biggest deposit bank.
http://goo.gl/EiqUC
11/31/11 (AUSTRALIA) Commonwealth Bank CEO Sir Ralph Norris Australia's highest-paid banker, quits
goo.gl/UBSmh
12/01/11 (SRI LANKA) Sri Lanka's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) head Indrani Sugathadasa resigned.
http://goo.gl/6qzny
12/02/11 (PAKISTAN) NIB Bank, Singapore forced resignation of CEO Khawaja Iqbal Hassan, for mismanagement
http://goo.gl/ojDcu
12/03/11 (USA SC) South Carolina's $25 billion pension fund chief investor Robert Borden resigned. Borden's resignation comes as the SC Retirement System faces a $13 billion deficit, prompting state lawmakers to call for a massive overhaul of the system.
http://goo.gl/ypK2G
12/05/11 (BERMUDA) HSBC Bermuda Ltd, chairman of the board and director John Campbell resigns
http://goo.gl/peFGD
12/05/11 (BERMUDA) HSBC Bermuda Ltd, CEO Philip Butterfield retires
http://goo.gl/peFGD
12/06/11 (US NV ) Western Liberty Bancorp CFO George Rosenbaum has resigned.

http://goo.gl/ozuwB

12/06/11 (US FL) SunTrust Banks Inc.'s Central Florida chairman Ray Sandhagen retires
http://goo.gl/vD6E7
12/07/12 (ITALY) CFO of Greater Rome Bank and CEO of Greater Rome Bancshares E. Grey Winstead III resigns
http://goo.gl/UyEly
12/08/11 (USA) Fidelity Global Special Situations Fund, manager Jorma Korhonen resigned.
http://goo.gl/a7Rhw
12/08/11 (INDIA) Nomura's co-head of equity-linked solutions Neeraj Hora, resigns
http://goo.gl/WYcjR
12/09/11 (FRANCE) Kléline, Executive board director Abdallah Hitti resigned. Kléline is an electronic banking arm of the Group BNP PARIBAS .
http://goo.gl/NpLqc
12/12/11 (PAPUA NEW GUINEA) Bank South Pacific (BSP) chairman Kostas Constantinou resigned as a director of the Board of Bank of South Pacific Limited and its subsidiaries.
http://goo.gl/6NiyY
12/12/11 (PHILIPPINES) Former Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) president Rey David has resigned as board director of the Ongpin-led Philippine Bank of Communications (PBCom).
http://goo.gl/chQYY
12/12/11 (US IN)One of Indiana’s best-known bankers, Alvin “Kit” Stolen, is stepping down as president of Salin Bank.
http://goo.gl/RY0Pk
12/13/11 (US TX)Bank of America director D. Paul Jonesretires
http://goo.gl/2EzMk
12/14/11 (MAURITIUS) African Alliance Africa Pioneer Fund I (the "Fund"), Portfolio Manager Paul David Austin Clark resigned
http://goo.gl/YiagF
12/14/11 (USA NY) Goldman Sachs global head Milton R. Berlinski retiring at the end of the year
http://goo.gl/Xj0l4
12/14/11 (IRELAND) AfricanAlliance I's portfolio manager Paul David Austin Clark resigns
goo.gl/xhMkw
12/15/11 (UK) Coutts [private bank] Senior private banker James Fleming resigns
http://goo.gl/ANN5B
12/16/11 (US WI)President of Westbury BankJim Podewilsresigns
http://goo.gl/F3Rn9
12/19/11 (CANADA) Holloway Lodging Real Estate Investment Trust (a REIT) CEO Glenn Squires has resigned
http://goo.gl/8rAKb
12/19/11 (JAPAN) Citibank Japan CEO, Darren Buckley, resigns after Citibank was punished by regulators for the third time in seven years.
http://goo.gl/ScT47
12/19/11 (DENMARK) Danske Bank Peter Straarup, who will retire February 15
http://goo.gl/06c2b
12/19/11 (DENMARK) Danske Bank Eivind Kolding has resigned as Chairman of the Board of Directors and from the three board committees on which he served, He continues as member of Danske Bank’s Board of Directors until he assumes the position of Chairman of the Executive Board on 15 February 2012. On the same day, at the latest, Eivind Kolding will resign from the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group.
http://goo.gl/06c2b
12/20/11 (UK) Prudential (UK) Chairman Harvey McGrath has informed the Board of his intention to retire from the Board in 2012 once a successor has been found.
http://goo.gl/IPOzf
12/20/11 (USA MA) Century Bancorp, Inc., Director Roger S. Berkowitz resigned.
http://goo.gl/bbdeT
12/21/11 (USA MN) Voyager Bank, fired CEO trade accusations, New details have emerged in Voyager Bank's firing of its CEO in a court filing that accuses him of defrauding the bank of $15 million. The former CEO, Timothy Owens, has sued the bank for wrongful termination and accused the bank of defaming him.
http://goo.gl/3Q1Vg
12/22/11 (Sweden) Nordea Bank's Björn Savén retires from the Board of Directors
http://goo.gl/Yyvhs
12/22/11 (Sweden)Nordea Bank's Director of the BoardBjörn Savénretire of his own accord
http://goo.gl/dHBWp
12/23/11 (USA VA) Virginia National Bank (VNB) Chairman Mark Giles quits
http://goo.gl/dFDpH
12/23/11 (USA VA) Virginia National Bank (VNB) Board Member Claire Gargalli quits
http://goo.gl/kowkW
12/23/11 (USA VA) Virginia National Bank (VNB) Board Member Leslie Disharoon quits
http://goo.gl/kstLp
12/23/11 (USA VA) Virginia National Bank (VNB) Board Member Neal Kassell quits
http://goo.gl/NrrPZ
12/23/11 (USA) Third Avenue Value Fund, co-manager Marty Whitman is leaving.
http://goo.gl/iMe99
12/23/11 (US NV) Chief financial officer of Western Liberty Bancorp George Rosenbaum resigns
goo.gl/R9vey
12/25/11 (Russia)Allianz’s Russian Fund-Management Unit CEOOleg MazurovResigned
http://goo.gl/ln3vP
12/28/11 (US IN) STAR Financial Bank's Osborne “Oz” Morgan retires as Anderson resional president
http://goo.gl/TTwdY
12/28/11 (US MD) Chairman of First Mariner Bank Ed Hale retires
http://goo.gl/MPeiT
12/30/11 (Australia)Credit Suisse’s Head of Australian EquitiesJonathan GurnseyRetires
http://goo.gl/Q7EZC
12/30/11 (SRI LANKA) Sri Lanka Commercial Bank's director of the Board Mahendra Amarasuriya resigns
http://goo.gl/m0jhN
12/31/11 (US TX) Texas Capital Bank Houston Region chairman Jonathan Clarkson resigns
http://goo.gl/BgYBI
12/31/11 (PUERTO RICO) Popular, Inc. (Banco Popular) Michael Masin retires from the Board of Directors
http://goo.gl/DwKgG
12/31/11 (US CA) Wells Fargo Senior EVP Mark Oman retires
goo.gl/T0OFC
12/31/11 (US TX)Executive vice president of SWS Group Paul D. Vinton retires
goo.gl/c9NGA
12/31/11 (US OH) SVP of CSB Bancorp, Inc. and President and Chief Executive Officer of The Commercial and Savings Bank of Millersburg, Ohio Rick L. Ginther resigns
http://goo.gl/18VlZ
1/01/12 (US FL) OptimumBank Larry Willis left the board shortly after he was re-elected at the company shareholder meeting.
goo.gl/GDcFX
1/01/12 (SINGAPORE) Keppel's group finance director Teo Soon Hoe resigns
goo.gl/nfPWd
1/01/12 (NIGERIA) United Bank for Africa Plc Victor Osadolor resigns
http://goo.gl/b6AoA
1/01/12 (ISRAEL) Israel's Bank Leumi CEO Galia Maor steps down after 16 years
http://goo.gl/xwlFt
1/03/12 (GREECE) Marfin Popular Bank Public Co Ltd, Mr Eleftherios Hiliadakis has resigned from the Board of Directors.
http://goo.gl/MuFa0
1/03/12 (USA VA) Suffolk Bancorp president and CEO J. Gordon Huszagh steps down
http://goo.gl/joExI
1/03/12 (USA WI) Michael Falbo, president and CEO of Southport Bank, has resigned just six months after accepting the position.
http://goo.gl/DP1uK
1/03/12 (UK) Arbuthnot Banking Group: Neil Kirton resigned from the Board
http://goo.gl/SKE7j
1/03/12 (UK) Arbuthnot Banking Group: Atholl Turrell left the Board.
http://goo.gl/bzZtQ
1/05/12 (UK) Saunderson House [Private Bank] CEO Nick Fletcher steps down
http://goo.gl/zvo1L
1/05/12 (USA NY) Blackstone/GSO Senior Floating Rate Term Fund and Blackstone/GSO Long-Short Credit Income Fund announced that John R. O’Neill has resigned.
http://goo.gl/ZiWGL
1/06/12 (US) CEO of Security Federal Tim Simmons retires
http://goo.gl/RYtTm
1/06/12 (JAMAICA) Founding partner Mark Golding resigns from Proven Investments Ltd.
http://goo.gl/uOeY3
1/06/12 (JAMAICA) Chairman of Proven Wealth and Proven Investment's management committee Peter Bunting resigns http://goo.gl/uOeY3
1/07/12 (UK) Arab Banking Corporation Intl. Bank (ABCIB) Manama, Bahrain: ABCIB announced retirement of
CEO Nofal Barbar from its London office.
http://goo.gl/yF0Mm
1/09/12 (SWITZERLAND) SNB Chairman Philipp Hildebrand resigns
http://goo.gl/5qsUu
1/09/12 (USA WASHINGTON DC) Whitehouse former banker and Chief of Staff William M. Daley resigned
http://goo.gl/34F0B
1/09/12 (USA NY) Morgan Stanley Chief Legal Officer Frank Barron retires.
http://goo.gl/XYCwJ
1/09/12 (SWITZERLAND) Temenos Group AG, provider of core banking software announced the resignation of Mark Austen as a member of the Board of Directors.
http://goo.gl/l6QzM
1/10/12 (LIECHTENSTIEN) LLB CEO and chairman Josef Fehr resigned .
http://goo.gl/a4gTh
1/10/12 (US DC) Fannie Mae (The Federal National Mortgage Association) Chief Executive Michael J. Williams resigns
goo.gl/8dver
1/10/12 (USA IN) Security Bank of Springfield, president and CEO Steve Cour has announced plans to retire at the end of June.
http://goo.gl/jFbYA
1/09/12 (UK) Northern Rock finance director Ann Godbehere quits a year after the bank is nationalisedis standing down to pursue other interests, it was announced yesterday.
http://goo.gl/ctt52
1/11/12 (KAZAKHSTAN) BTA Bank, CEO Marat Zairov resigns for health reasons.
http://goo.gl/yAHgr
1/11/12 (SWITZERLAND) La Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild, CEO Claude Messulam resigns, replaced by Christophe de Backer, Claude Messulam to become a director of the bank holding company.
http://goo.gl/vWr3i
1/11/12 (UK)Most senior foreign exec at Japan’s Nomura Tarun Jotwaniquits
http://goo.gl/SYuw2
1/12/12 (USA) Goldman Sachs, Co-Head Securities Trading Edward K. Eisler retires
http://goo.gl/i2TVk
1/12/12 (USA) Goldman Sachs, Co-Head Securities Trading David B. Heller retires
http://goo.gl/i2TVk
1/13/12 (IRELAND) National Asset Management Agency, head of lending Graham Emmett is resigning
http://goo.gl/GN3h3
1/13/12 (USA DC) World Bank, Vice President for Africa, Oby Ezekwesili will retire from her position at the World Bank in May.
http://goo.gl/fiUsU
1/13/12 (ITALY) Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, CEO Antonio Vigniat one of Italy’s biggest and oldest banking groups ousted in top management overhaul
http://goo.gl/bjUxZ
1/13/12 (Italy) Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, president Giuseppe Mussariat asked to leave
http://goo.gl/bjUxZ
1/16/12 (UAE - DUBAI) Ajman Bank CEO Mubashar Khokhar resigns
goo.gl/FJuYd
1/17/12 (CANADA) Cumberland Private Wealth Management CIO John Wilson quit to join another money manager.
http://goo.gl/3JuNJ
1/17/12 (HONG KONG) Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited (OCBC Bank) CEO David Conner retires.
http://goo.gl/83Z1i
1/17/12 (UK) Morgan Stanley Intl, chairman Walid Chammah is retiring. An inside source speculated that it could mean that the company had suffered exposure to European sovereign debt woes under Chammah's purview.
http://goo.gl/e7vS7
1/17/12 (KUWAIT) Commercial Bank of Kuwait S.A.K. Board Member Ali Yousef Al Awwadhy resigned.
http://goo.gl/0PoIM
1/17/12 (KUWAIT) Commercial Bank of Kuwait S.A.K. Board Member Miss Anoud Fadhel Al Hathran resigned.
http://goo.gl/0PoIM
1/17/12 (KUWAIT) Commercial Bank of Kuwait S.A.K. Board Member Mr. Tarek Farid Al Othman resigned.
http://goo.gl/0PoIM
1/17/12 (KUWAIT) Commercial Bank of Kuwait S.A.K. Board Member Mr. Salem Ali Hassan Al Ali resigned.
http://goo.gl/0PoIM
1/17/12 (KUWAIT) Commercial Bank of Kuwait S.A.K. Board Member Mr. Majed Ali Oweid Awadh resigned.
http://goo.gl/0PoIM
1/17/12 (KUWAIT) Commercial Bank of Kuwait S.A.K. Board Member Mr. Badr Suliman Al Ahmed resigned.
http://goo.gl/0PoIM
1/18/12 (USA) Goldman Sachs co-heads of Goldman's securities business David Heller resigns.
http://goo.gl/TMHvx
1/18/12 (USA) Goldman Sachs co-heads of Goldman's securities business Edward Eisler resigns.
http://goo.gl/TMHvx
1/18/12 (USA) Goldman Sachs co-head of its investment management division Ed Forst resigns.
http://goo.gl/TMHvx
1/18/12 (US NJ) Lakeland Bancorp and Lakeland Bank, Director of the Board Paul G. Viall, Jr. retires.
http://goo.gl/HQ9bd
1/18/12 (SINGAPORE) Standard Chartered Bank’s global head of fixed income, Remy Klammersto resign
http://goo.gl/UrOpI
1/19/12 (UK) Santander, senior director Americas division Francisco Luzón is retiring with a pension pot of about €56m, a package whose generous size is expected to reignite controversy over bankers’ remuneration.
http://goo.gl/XMRvP
1/19/12 (EGYPT) Beltone Financial Holding (BTFH) Alaa' Sabaa resigned from board of directors.
http://goo.gl/5Eze1
1/19/12 (EGYPT) Beltone Financial Holding (BTFH) Wael EL Mahgary resigned from board of directors.
http://goo.gl/5Eze1
1/19/12 (US OH) President and CEO of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati David Hehman retires
http://goo.gl/iW0Bk
1/20/12 (JAPAN) Normura's head of wholesale banking Jasjit Bhattai quits
http://goo.gl/6FuWe
1/20/12 (SOUTH AFRICA) First National Bank's sharia banking division is in a state of flux after it was hit by a corporate governance scandal in which its chief executive, Ebi Patel, was put on "special leave" for almost a month while an internal probe was conducted. Patel has been reinstated, but is facing disciplinary action. Islamic finance forbids the payment and receipt of interest (riba), and investment in some industries. Sharia law states that interest-bearing transactions result in economic ills such as unemployment and high inflation. Trading in derivatives and speculative investment are also forbidden. Sharia law requires all transactions to be backed by tangible assets.
http://goo.gl/NmGJP
1/20/12 (USA) TIAA-CREF executive vice president and president of Asset Management, Scott C. Evans resigned
http://goo.gl/f6qLs
1/20/12 (SOUTH AFRICA) South African deputy economic development minister Enoch Godongwana quit his post this week in the face of growing outrage in government circles about his involvement in a company that allegedly defrauded clothing factory workers of R100-million of their pension fund money.
http://goo.gl/ZADvn
1/20/12 (US GA) Chairman of the Board Morris Downing retires from Colony Bankcorp, Inc.
http://goo.gl/3MK7e
1/21/12 (UK) Butterfield Private Bank head Danny Dixon Steps Down
http://goo.gl/sdY1p
1/21/12 (SINGAPORE) ANZ Asia's private banking head Nina Aguas resigns as managing director of Asia-Pacific private banking.
http://goo.gl/hlHvG
1/21/12 (USA CA) Nara Bancorp (Now called BBCN) President and CEO Min Kim Resigns
http://goo.gl/rcfJ3
1/21/12 (US TX) City of Weslaco finance director Bret Mann; resigns
1/22/12 (KENYA) National Bank of Kenya's (NBK) managing director, Mr Reuben Marambii, will resign before year end.
http://goo.gl/c2n7r
1/23/12 (SOUTH AFRICA) The South Africa Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (SAVCA) CEO JP Fourie resigned
http://goo.gl/dmxFI
1/23/12 (US OH) Ohio Legacy Corp. director of the Board Michael S. Steiner resigns
http://goo.gl/9xTcc
1/23/12 (US OH) Ohio Legacy Corp. director of the Board Heather Davis resigns
http://goo.gl/9xTcc
1/24/12 (IRELAND) Deutsche International Corporate Services Limited fund, Paul Shevlin resigned as a director
http://goo.gl/OjZFF
1/24/12 (US KS) Capitol Federal Financial, Inc., Director of the Board B. B. Andersen retires
http://goo.gl/q50yg
1/24/12 (AUstralia) National Australia Bank currency strategist John Kyriakopoulos Resigns
http://goo.gl/eoqeF
1/24/12 (SWITZERLAND) Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Dr. Michel Kazatchkine, a French clinical immunologist and head of the $22.6 billion fund has abruptly resigned, since revelations about corruption and misspending severely rattled some of its biggest donors. The resignation came on the eve of the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, which played a role in its creation a decade ago. A dinner for the public-private fund is planned Thursday with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and major backers Bill Gates and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The shakeup resulted from an internal review to address problems highlighted in Associated Press stories last year about the loss of tens of millions of dollars in grant money because of mismanagement and alleged fraud. Its biggest private donor is the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has pledged $1.15 billion and provided it with $650 million so far.
http://goo.gl/bqXs8
1/25/12 (Papua New Guinea) Bank South Pacific (BSP) chairman Kostas Constantinou resigned as a director of the Board of Bank of South Pacific Limited and its subsidiaries.
http://goo.gl/vh3az
1/25/12 (UK) SOFIA PROPERTY FUND LIMITED, Gerry Williams has resigned as a Director, following his resignation from Ardel Holdings Limited ("Ardel") where he was CEO. Ardel is the holding company of Ardel Fund Services Limited which provides administration services in Guernsey to the Company.
http://goo.gl/kDfVv
1/25/12 (Kazakhstan) Independent Director of Kazakhstan's BTA Bank Konstantin Korishchenko resigns
http://goo.gl/lUl39
1/25/12 (USA NY) Fortress Private Equity, CEO Daniel Madrid (aka Daniel Mudd) has resigned. Madrid was forced to leave in order to deal with SEC allegations. Prior to joining Fortress, Madrid served as Fannie Mae CEO and was forced to resign. SEC sued Madrid and former Freddie Mac CEO Richard West Long (aka Richard Syron) for hiding hundreds of billions of dollars in subprime loans. Madrid denied the SEC allegations saying the US govt. and investors were informed of Fannie Mae’s loan data.
http://goo.gl/u9IdB and http://goo.gl/v94ik and http://goo.gl/tXQwP
1/26/12 (US NJ)PHH Corp.'s director of the Board James Brinkley retires
http://goo.gl/BhN3I
1/27/12 (SINGAPORE) AIMS AMP CAP INDUSTRIAL REIT, Mr Graham Sugden resigned.
http://goo.gl/VZYHY
1/27/12 (SOUTH AFRICA) ABSA Group COO Alfie Naidoo would be leaving to pursue personal interests
http://goo.gl/cVWnA
1/27/12 (SOUTH AFRICA) ABSA Group chief marketing and communication officer Happy Ntshingila, will be taking up an "exciting position" outside banking
http://goo.gl/cVWnA
1/27/12 (SOUTH AFRICA) ABSA Group CEO Daphne Motsepe retires at the end of April after a 10-year career at the bank.
http://goo.gl/cVWnA
1/28/12 (US PA)S&T Bank'sBob Routresigns as Chief Financial Officer
http://goo.gl/l3Nw3
1/29/12 (PORTUGAL) Banco Santander Totta SA executive chairman Nuno Manuel da Silva Amado has resigned
http://goo.gl/Glvdn
1/29/12 (NEW ZEALAND) New Zealand Reserve Bank Gov Alan Bollard to Step Down
http://goo.gl/BwUgv
1/29/12 (UAE) NBD, Emirates 's investment banking division CEO Suresh Kumar is leaving the bank
http://goo.gl/S1x0F
1/30/12 (UK) British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA) COO Andrew Graham steps down
http://goo.gl/4SDW8
1/30/12 (Malaysia) Dr Choong Tuck Yew has retired as director and chairman of OSK Investment Bank Bhd
http://goo.gl/CYiwL
1/31/12 (SCOTLAND) Royal Bank of Scotland former CEO Fred Goodwin Stripped of Knighthood

http://goo.gl/CoLVS

1/31/12 (Italy) Director and member of the Remuneration Committee Carlo Pesenti resigns from Unicredit
http://goo.gl/HCXNQ
1/31/12 (IRELAND) The Director of Corporate Enforcement Paul Appleby has announced his retirement at the end of next month. Mr. Appleby has held the position for the past 10 years since the office was first established in 2001. He has led the ODCE investigation into Anglo Irish Bank which is almost complete.
http://goo.gl/vpq99 and
The Director of Corporate Enforcement "pulls a stroke". The Head of the Garda Investigation team looking into 'events' in Irish banking quits and accepts a job with a bank.
http://goo.gl/R0nis
2/01/12 (US CT) President and CEO of the First National Bank of Suffield George W. Hermann resigns
goo.gl/JLlHz
2/01/12 (SYRIA) Arab Bank Syria Board member Basma Talal Zein resigns.
http://goo.gl/WXxzw
2/01/12 (SOUTH AFRICA) ABSA [Barclay's Bank] deputy CEO Louis von Zeuner resigns
http://goo.gl/IP8nH
2/01/12 (UK) Lloyds Bankging Group head of wholesale Truett Tate quits
http://goo.gl/OqRVo
2/01/12 (UK) Llyods Banking Group Tim Tookey leaving end of February
http://goo.gl/vjO5M
2/01/12 (Japan)Credit Suisse’s Paul Kuosteps Down as Japan CEO http://goo.gl/1F2Xm
2/02/12 (VENEZUELA) Banking Crisis Arne Chacon arrested for Banking Corruption
http://goo.gl/bb5sh
2/02/12 (USA) American Perspective Bank, President and CEO Thomas J. Beene resigned.
http://goo.gl/K66eb
2/02/12 (USA) NIR Group hedge funds, Corey Ribotsky was forced out of NIR by Pricewaterhouse-Coopers, the court-appointed liquidator, following allegations of fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission. In September, the SEC sued Ribotsky and NIR for taking more than $1 million of investors’ money to buy cars and watches.
http://goo.gl/w068O
2/02/12 (IRELAND) AXA Rosenberg Management Ireland Limited, director Nathalie Savey resigned.
http://goo.gl/cXB8u
2/02/12 (Canada) VP of account management and sales in State Street’s securities finance team in Canada Warren Maynard resigns
http://goo.gl/IZ09h
2/03/12 (UK) VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Ltd, Non-Executive Director Horst Geicke has resigned.
http://goo.gl/r955T
2/03/12 (UK) UBS London trader, Kweku M. Adoboli, was arrested and charged with fraud and false accounting, forcing UBS to announce a $2.3 billion trading loss.
http://goo.gl/ClTaq
2/05/12 (USA - NY) Morgan's investment banking chairman Joseph Perella quit
http://goo.gl/pG2jF
2/05/12 (USA - NY) Morgan Stanley investment banking Tarek Abdel-Meguid quit
http://goo.gl/bRv9K
2/06/12 (INDIA) Dhanlaxmi Bank CEO Amitabh Chaturvedi quits:
http://goo.gl/OhCEb
2/06/12 (USA NY) TD Ameritrade, head of retail distribution John Bunch resigns. Bunch is leaving to take the top job at a small investment advisory firmin Kansas City.
http://goo.gl/kgS7M
2/06/12 (CANADA) Director of Sprott Inc. Mark McCain resigns
goo.gl/ZUVp8
2/07/12 (USA) Bank Of America's Mortgage Business Chief Barbara Desoer Retires
http://goo.gl/i7AUY
2/07/12 (INDIA) Kotak Mahindra Bank Falguni Nayar quits
http://goo.gl/fP03J
2/07/12 (IRAN) Iran denies central bank resignation rumor (don't believe until its denied?)
http://goo.gl/PiQSy
2/07/12 (UK) Agneash Soft Commodities PLC, an investment company in mineral, announced resignation of its Chief Investment Officer Tom Winnifrith .
http://goo.gl/LDgl9
2/07/12 (US NY) BlackRock, General counsel Robert P. Connolly leaves
goo.gl/l7c9v
2/08/12 (SOUTH AFRICA) Standard Bank Group Ltd - Resignation of Group Secretary Loren Wulfsohn
http://goo.gl/K1pfn
2/08/12 (USA OH) Cleveland International Fund (CIF) private equity fund, A. Eddy Zai launched and led the Cleveland International Fund, an investment outfit that pairs wealthy foreign investors hoping for U.S. residency with job-creating projects. Zai resigned from his job this week, before being indicted in a bank-fraud scheme that, according to investigators, contributed to the collapse of a credit union in Eastlake.
http://goo.gl/tgamf
2/08/12 (UAE) Emirates NBD makes top-level changes Bank's deputy chief executive officer Abdul Wahed Al Fahim has resigned.
http://goo.gl/JUdNd
2/09/12 (VATICAN) Institute for Religious Works (IOR aka "Vatican Bank"), 62 year old Monsignor Emilio Messina, the Archdiocese of Camerino-San Severino Marche investigated on money laundering by Italian officials.
http://goo.gl/uztVU
2/09/12 (VATICAN) Institute for Religious Works (IOR aka "Vatican Bank"), 49 year old Father Don Salvatore Palumbo of the socially popular parish of San Gaetano
http://goo.gl/uztVU
2/09/12 (VATICAN) Institute for Religious Works (IOR aka "Vatican Bank"), 37 year old Father Horace Bonaccorsi of Catania, already tried and acquitted in Sicily for money laundering offenses recycling money through accounts at IOR
http://goo.gl/uztVU
2/09/12 (VATICAN) Institute for Religious Works (IOR aka "Vatican Bank"), 85 year old Father Don Evaldo Biasini of Rome. Father Don Evaldo Biasini is known as the "Don of Cash".
http://goo.gl/uztVU
2/09/12 (IRELAND) SPL Investment Funds's director John Davey discharged
goo.gl/h814P
2/09/12 (UKRAINE) National Bank of Ukraine deputy governor Volodymyr Krotiuk quits
http://goo.gl/8BuXy
2/09/12 (UK) JP Morgan Chinese Investment Trust PLC, non-executive Director Madam Yujiang Zhao resigned
http://goo.gl/CPO23
2/09/12 (UK) Alliance Trust Savings (ATS), Robert Burgess is stepping down as CEO.
http://goo.gl/ohHG3
2/10/12 (NIGERIA) Peace Capital Market Limited Managing Director Sabinus Iroanya Chukwu resigns
goo.gl/MlI5N
2/10/12 (KOREA) Korea Exchange Bank chief Larry Klane steps down
http://goo.gl/DBKdc
2/10/12 (INDIA) Tamilnad Mercantile Bank CEO A K Jagannathan resigns
http://goo.gl/wMl5g
2/13/12 (KUWAIT) Kuwait Central Bank CEO Sheikh Salem Abdulaziz Al Sabbah resigns
http://goo.gl/GFvIy
2/13/12 (UK) Goldman Sachs confirmed on Monday that George N. Mattson, one of the firm’s top deal makers in the industrial sector, will retire. He was a senior relationship banker with a client list that included General Motors, General Electric and Caterpillar.
http://goo.gl/vgnq2
2/13/12 (HONDURAS) Honduras finance minister William Chong Wong, resigned on Monday after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said the country did not reach its deficit and monetary targets for 2011.
http://goo.gl/drgHY
2/13/12 (US PA) AmerisourceBergen CFO Michael DiCandilo Abruptly Leaves.
http://goo.gl/ElyIk
2/13/12 (US NH) New Hampshire Thrift CEO Stephen Ensign retires
http://goo.gl/aZYAs
2/13/12 (US NC)SVP and regional executive for Bank of North CarolinaWilliam H. 'Bill' McMurray IIIretires
http://goo.gl/jm5lf
2/14/12 (NICARAQUA) Nicaraqua Central Bank President Antenor Rosales resigns
http://goo.gl/iQ0n8
2/14/12 (UK) Social finance pioneer Malcolm Hayday quits Charity Bank
http://goo.gl/uHp6C
2/14/12 (PAKISTAN) National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) chairman Syed Ali Raza resigned
http://goo.gl/scexo
2/14/12 (USA NY) Goldman Sachs Jeffrey Moslow resigns, an investment banker to companies such as Tyco International Ltd, Nstar, the Boston-based utility, and defense contractor Dyncorp International Inc.
http://goo.gl/7h4O7
2/14/12 (US MI) Fentura Financial Inc.'s Douglas Kelley resigns as CFO
http://goo.gl/735Pj
2/14/12 (US NC) North Carolina Bank Commissioner Joseph A. Smith, Jr.Resigns
http://goo.gl/rUoof
2/15/12 (SOUTH AFRICA) HPA - Hospitality Property Fund Limited, chairman Frank Berkeley resigned.
http://goo.gl/wJmpR
2/15/12 (USA) Boston Properties (REIT), Executive VP and COO E. Mitchell Norvilleto resigned
http://goo.gl/AW7X7
2/15/12 (WORLD) World Bank CEO Zoellick resigns
http://goo.gl/dHDSm
Did the White House tell the World Bank president that he's out?
http://goo.gl/wUOgb
2/15/12 (CHINA) Morgan non-executive chairman Stanley Stephen Roach will be retiring.
http://goo.gl/MQeGW
2/15/12 (SLOVENIA) Nova Kreditna Banka Maribor CEO Andrej Plos resigns
http://goo.gl/SNsVI
2/15/12 (SLOVENIA) Nova Ljubljanska Banka d.d. CEO Bozo Jasovic resigns
http://goo.gl/TyYiJ
2/16/12(CHINA) Goldman Sachs Vice Chairman in Asia Pacific excluding Japan Mark Machin steps down
goo.gl/mx4Hw
2/16/12 (USA IL) Deerfield Capital Management LLC, CEO Daniel Hattori and CEO of CIFC Corp resigned.
http://goo.gl/LLNnD
2/16/12 (USA IL) Deerfield Capital Management LLC, COO Luke Knecht and CEO of CIFC Corp, resigned both positions.
http://goo.gl/LLNnD
2/16/12 (UK) The Financial Services Authority Margaret Cole is to step down
http://goo.gl/yT6rS
2/16/12 (GHANA) Databank Group Executive Chair Ken Ofori-Atta steps down
http://goo.gl/c7PtU
2/16/12 (SAUDI ARABIA) Saudi Hollandi Banks Managing Director Geoffrey Calvert Quits
http://goo.gl/CtmOU
2/16/12 (AUSTRALIA) ANZ Bank Australia CFO Peter Marriott resigns
http://goo.gl/I7Alo
2/16/12 (UK) Royal Bank of Scotland Sr Equities Trader Jason Edinburgh Arrested
http://goo.gl/WczHh
2/16/12 (UK) Royal Bank of Scotland director equities bus. Vincent Walsh director Arrested
http://goo.gl/I7Alo
2/16/12 (UK) Marex Spectron senior trader Michael Elsom Arrested
http://goo.gl/I7Alo
2/16/12 (AUSTRALIA) Royal Bank of Scotland Austraila CEO Stephen Williams resigns
http://goo.gl/4r16D
2/16/12 (Bermuda) Global Specialised Opportunities 1 Limited Fund's Oliver Betz-Fletcher resigns from the Board of Directors
http://goo.gl/ttD62
2/17/12 (SOUTH AFRICA) Coronation Fund Managers CEO Hugo Nelson is stepping down at age of 40.
http://goo.gl/I3NY8
2/17/12 (PAKISTAN) PICIC Asset Management Company Limited CFO Ahmed Raza resigns
http://goo.gl/K8A2I
2/17/12 (USA NY) Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein out as by summer
http://goo.gl/UjpzD
2/17/12 (SWITZERLAND) SNB Council President Hansueli Raggenbass resigns
http://goo.gl/1n1Nr
2/17/12 (UK) Insight Investment, asset manager Mike Pinggera has resigned..
http://goo.gl/uDplK
2/17/12 (USA NY) Harbinger Group Inc. CFO Francis T. McCarron has advised the Company of his resignation effective April 30
http://goo.gl/6il4F
2/17/12 (BULGARIA) Bulgaria National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF), The managing director Neli Nesheva, resigned after a two-day row about end-of-year bonuses paid by NHIF to its employees.
http://goo.gl/7UQxv
2/17/12 (US OH) Chairman and CEO Doyle Lee of First Financial Bank retires
http://goo.gl/uck4h
2/18/12 (PAKISTAN) The Bank of Azad Jammu and Kashmir executive Zulfiqar Abbasi resigns
http://goo.gl/G0woP
2/18/12 (Norway) Terra to Close Equity Trading Desk's CEO Stein Ole Larsen resigns After FSA Report
http://goo.gl/gwNia
2/19/12 (MALTA) Bank of Valletta, director of the Multi-Manager Fund John C. Ripard, has resigned being reprimanded by the MFSA for disposing of his holdings in the Fund whilst in possession of sensitive information which was not available to the public.
http://goo.gl/1li3r
2/20/12 (IRELAND) SPL Investment Funds's director Mike Kirby resigns
goo.gl/nDW2T
2/20/12 (RUSSIA) Head of Russian Bank Regulator Gennady Melikyan Steps Down
http://goo.gl/Unuez
2/20/12 (SWITZERLAND) Credit Suisse Chief Joseph Tan resigns
http://goo.gl/F5twL
2/20/12 (ISRAEL) Bank Leumi le-Israel Ltd: Zvi Itskovitch resigns
http://goo.gl/aA0RW
2/20/12 (USA WA) First Financial Northwest Director Spencer Schneider Quits
http://goo.gl/6Dj0i
2/21/12 (ARGENTINA) Central Bank of Argentina (BCRA) Gen Mgr Benigno Velez, resigns
http://goo.gl/DuMrm
2/21/12 (BANGLADESH) Nitol Insurance Co. Ltd director Abdul Matlub resigns
conflict of interest with director seat on unknown bank
http://goo.gl/aEmwB
2/21/12 (BANGLADESH) Nitol Insurance Co. Ltd director Selima Ahmad resigns
conflict of interest with director seat on unknown bank
http://goo.gl/aEmwB
2/21/12 (BANGLADESH) Nitol Insurance Co. Ltd director Abdul Musabbir Ahmad resigns
conflict of interest with director seat on unknown bank
http://goo.gl/aEmwB
2/21/12 (BANGLADESH) City General Insurance Co. Ltd director Geasuddin Ahmad resigns
conflict of interest with director seat on unknown bank
http://goo.gl/aEmwB
2/21/12 (BANGLADESH) Social Islami Bank Limited director Taslima Akter resigns
conflict of interest with director seat on Eastland Insurance Company Limited
http://goo.gl/aEmwB
2/21/12 (JAPAN) CITIBANK JAPAN: Bakhshi is taking over duties from Brian Mccappin, who the bank said in December would resign after the unit was banned for two weeks from trading tied to the London and Tokyo interbank offered rates.
http://goo.gl/Z1rnw
2/21/12 (Bangladesh) Social Islami Bank Limited's Taslima Akter resigned from the board in compliance with the Insurance Act 2010.
http://goo.gl/yHdB9
2/22/12 (US CA) PIMCO, Chairman of the board Vernon Wright resigned from the world's biggest bond fund.
goo.gl/UeQWm
2/22/12 (US CA) PIMCO board member Gregg Silver resigned from the world's biggest bond fund.
goo.gl/UeQWm
2/22/12 (HONG KONG) DZ BANK project finance head Tim Meaney quits
http://goo.gl/ppKno
2/22/12 (SINGAPORE) Macquarie International Infrastructure Fund's CEO John Stuart to resign
http://goo.gl/ji7Q4
2/22/12 (USA NY) Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund Group Chief Howard Wietschner to Retire
http://goo.gl/x4Zsr
2/22/12 (UK) UBS AG’s (UBSN) Doug McCutcheon, head of Healthcare Banking in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific region, has left Switzerland’s biggest bank after 25 years at the firm.
http://goo.gl/Dnxqh
2/23/12 (UK) Goldman Sachs Nordic M&A banker Luca Ferrari has decided to retire from the firm, clients included the largest telecommunications operator in Spain the Spanish telecommunications.
http://goo.gl/qmCh3
2/23/12 (SOUTH AFRICA) Richard Gush resigns from Standard Bank
http://goo.gl/DTL5S
2/23/12 (SCOTLAND) Royal Bank of Scotland Group director John McFarlane resigns.
2/23/12 (Canada) Bank of Montreal investment banking head Bill Butt to retire
http://goo.gl/a4CIs

http://goo.gl/KoEUI

2/24/12 (GUERNSEY) Spearpoint Limited (SPL) Investment Funds, director Mike Kirby resigns for business reasons.
http://goo.gl/9stPB
2/24/12 (INDIA) Breaking: ICICI Bank GC Pramod Rao resigns
http://goo.gl/5eUqU
2/24/12 (HONG KONG) Citigroup Pvt Bank Global Real Estate Kwang Meng Quek Resigns
http://goo.gl/JIC9A
2/24/12 (NEW ZEALAND) FSF Executive Director Kirk Hope resigns
http://goo.gl/6UJau
2/24/12 (USA NY) Evercore Partners Head Eduardo Mestre steps down
http://goo.gl/n5RLY
2/25/12 (AUSTRALIA AND NZ) Goldman Sachs Chairman Stephen Fitzgerald quits
http://goo.gl/nMTLW
2/25/12 (DENMARK) European Investment Bank (EIB), Mr Sigmund Lubanski, of the Kingdom of Denmark tendered his resignation.
http://goo.gl/y4XXF
2/25/2012 (LUXEMBOURG) European Investment Bank, director of the Board Sigmund Lubanski resigns
goo.gl/hA9Vu
2/27/12 (GERMANY) Deutsche Bank Americas chief Seth Waugh steps down
http://goo.gl/8lxSw
2/27/12 (BAHRAIN) Khaleeji Commercial Bank CEO Ebrahim Ebrahim quits
http://goo.gl/yKjzL
2/27/12 (BAHRAIN) - Mumtalakat Holding [Sovereign Wealth Fund] CEO Al Zain resigns
http://goo.gl/hhHSm
2/27/12 (FRANCE) Societe Generale’s Investment Banking Chief Michel Péretié Steps Down
http://goo.gl/IJ5Lw
2/27/12 (MALAYSIA) Elaf Bank CEO Dr El Jaroudi resigns
http://goo.gl/eVCS5
2/27/12 (GERMANY) Equiduct chairman Artur Fischer steps down
http://goo.gl/Q0dWR
2/27/12 (IRAN) Bank Melli CEO Mahmoud Reza Khaavari Resigns - Flees to Canada!
http://goo.gl/DDEUk
2/27/12 (IRAN) Bank Saderat CEO Mohammad Jahromi resigns
http://goo.gl/ZD0mc
2/27/12 (UK) Lloyds Banking Group Glen Moreno steps down
http://goo.gl/dsXcE
2/27/12 (SINGAPORE) Standard Chartered Bank, global head of repo and collateralised financing Tanweer Khan resigned.
http://goo.gl/hgbuc
2/28/12 (HONG KONG) Hang Seng Bank CEO Margaret Leung Ko May-yee quits
http://goo.gl/Uo800
2/28/12 (CHINA) Bank of China International ECM global head Marshall Nicholson quits
http://goo.gl/26MYq
2/28/12 (SINGAPORE) DBS security head Jim Pasqurell quits, cites health reasons
http://goo.gl/NDJze
2/28/12 (HONG KONG) Bank of America's Asia-Pac. mrkts Brian Canniffe quits
http://goo.gl/cRkCP
2/28/12 (BELGIUM) KBC's CEO Jan Vanhevel is to retire after a career spanning 41 years.
http://goo.gl/1rCWd
2/28/12 (CANADA) Ontario Securities Commission chairwoman Peggy-Anne Brown quits
http://goo.gl/HIYXv
2/28/12 (AUSTRALIA) Bank manager Colin John Carleton jailed nine years for $3m theft
http://goo.gl/ggPvq
2/28/12 (SRI LANKA) Sri Lanka Com Bank CEO Amitha Gooneratne retires
http://goo.gl/YxvNA
2/28/12 (SOUTH AFRICA) REDEFINE INCOME FUND director Gerald Leissner resigns
http://goo.gl/F0UgN
2/28/12 (ITALY) UNICREDIT: Chairman Dieter Rampl not available for a new mandate
http://goo.gl/7aLRU
2/28/12 (UK) Bank of England Sir David Lees re-appointed Chair of Bank of England and gives notice of resignation at end of 2013
http://goo.gl/LkJhV
2/28/12 (IRELAND) State Street Global Advisors Cash Funds plc Director Keith Walsh resigns
http://goo.gl/n6uoM
2/28/12 (US IN) Regional chairman of PNC bank in Indy to retire Steve Stitle
http://goo.gl/Zo00r
2/29/12 (US KY)PNC Bank regional presidentHarry Richart IIIretires
http://goo.gl/Hjhro
2/29/12 (AUSTRALIA) Perpetual portfolio manager Matt Williams steps down
http://goo.gl/Jh9jd
2/29/12 (UK) Honister Capital CEO Richard Pearson steps down
http://goo.gl/014or
2/29/12 (GUYANA) National Investment and Commercial Investments Ltd. (NICIL), Executive Director Winston Brassington resigns, “We feel that (Winston) Brassington knows everything…A to Z about all the transactions,” said Chairman of the Alliance for Change (AFC), Khemraj Ramjattan, as he sounded a warning that controversial figure could be subpoenaed to appear before the Parliamentary Economic Sector Committee.
http://goo.gl/L7I35
2/29/12 (US AR) Human resources and operations manage Wanda Tormey to retire from Decatur State Bank
http://goo.gl/iW6XN
2/29/12 (London) Bank of Tokyo's EMEA Loan Syndicate Head Francesco Carobbi Said to Quit
http://goo.gl/tKBQk
3/01/12 (MALAYSIA) RHB Bank Bhd deputy managing director Renzo Viegas quits
http://goo.gl/wACrI
3/01/12 (ITALY) Italian Banking Association Chairman Giuseppe Mussari talks to reporters in Rome after he and seven other executives offered to resign in protest over new banking-fee rules included in the government's legislation on boosting competition.
http://goo.gl/3llyT
3/01/12 (USA FL) Florida Venture Forum [Venture Capital] Exec Dir Robin Lester quits
http://goo.gl/nA8g9
3/01/12 (USA NY) PineBridge Investments said Win Neuger has resigned as chief executive. Neuger helped build AIG's third party asset management business, PineBridge still manages AIG assets
http://goo.gl/SI7kT
3/01/12 (SINGAPORE) UBS Singapore - James Tulley is leaving Switzerland’s largest bank, it is not clear where he is going.
http://goo.gl/BGugF
3/01/12 (USA NH) Piscataqua Savings Bank CEO Jay Gibson retires
http://goo.gl/uEqDV
3/01/12 (ICELAND) Iceland’s Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) fired its director Gunnar Andersen
http://goo.gl/VG9q5
3/01/12 (USA OR) Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (OPERF) senior RE officer Brad Child will retire
http://goo.gl/vcERz
3/02/12 (USA NC) North Carolina Retirement Systems, Chief investment officer Shawn Wischmeier resigned.
http://goo.gl/zx2tU
3/02/12 (CHINA) China Construction Bank Corp, assistant general manager and head of corporate banking Mickey Mehta quits
http://goo.gl/B9dR0
3/02/12 (USA NY) Deutsche Bank Student Loan CEOJohn Hupalo quits to start student loan counseling firm.
http://goo.gl/8kZuc
3/02/12 (UK) Bank of England Sir Mervin King resigns in June, Lord Sassoon tipped as replacement.
http://goo.gl/ZEUwf
3/02/12 (BOTSWANA) Barclays Bank Botswana managing director Wilfred Mpai forced to resign
http://goo.gl/npBe2
3/02/12 (HONG KONG) New Century Group Hong Kong Ltd [investment house and leisure group] Wilson Ng resigns
http://goo.gl/wFSV8
3/02/12 (USA NY) Citigroup Richard Parsons to step down as chairman
http://goo.gl/BhZ0F
3/02/12 (Canada) National Bank Announces the Retirement of Rejean Levesque
http://goo.gl/uol12
3/03/12 (AUSTRIA) Volksbank AG (VBAG) The contract of CEO Gerald Wenzel will not be extended
http://goo.gl/w99tD
3/03/12 (ETHIOPIA) Dashen Bank’s board dismisses president Leulseged Teferi
http://goo.gl/Y801M
3/03/12 (RUSSIA) Enza Capital KK, Wealthy British banker Philip Townsend (Baron Townsend of Rathmore) and his wife killed at Estonia holiday home ⑆44541444⑈
http://goo.gl/GSOUN and http://goo.gl/x94ID and http://goo.gl/gGgLP
3/04/12 (KOREA) Hana Financial Group Inc, prominent figure in the history of South Korean finance Kim Seung-yu , resigns
http://goo.gl/fmNxY
3/04/12 (USA NY) JP Morgan prop trading chief Mike Stewart quits
http://goo.gl/gubPj
3/05/12 (SAUDI ARABIA) Al Rajhi Bank CEO Abdullah bin Sulaiman Al Rajhi has resigned
http://goo.gl/pNx0l
3/5/12 (UK) Jupiter fund co-manager Tony Nutt steps down
http://goo.gl/RPqOp
3/05/12 (UK) Jupiter fund co-manager John Hamilton steps down
http://goo.gl/RPqOp
3/05/12 (NEW ZEALAND) Insured Group Bill Jeffries has resigned as chairman and director
http://goo.gl/gX7wu
3/05/12 (USA) Reliance Bancshares chairman Patrick Gideon resigned
http://goo.gl/u6BT4
3/05/12 (UK) Charterhouse partner Gordon Bonnyman is stepping down.
http://goo.gl/iAEYB
3/05/12 (UK) HgCapital, partner Lindsay Dibden is leaving after 20 years.
http://goo.gl/iAEYB
3/06/12 (FRANCE) Blackstone Group's Paris office leader Jean-Michel Steg will step down
http://goo.gl/w3Ca5
3/06/12 (JAMAICA) Jamaica Money Market Brokers Limited, Patricia Sutherland has resigned as Executive Director
http://goo.gl/oMwv6
3/06/12 (JAMAICA) Jamaica’s Financial Services Commission (FSC), Executive director Rohan Barnett, has resigned the position, the Ministry of Finance, Planning and the Public Service announced this afternoon.
http://goo.gl/FBwFo
3/06/12 USA CT) Wells Fargo & Co. said that Mackey McDonald, one of the last remaining directors from Wachovia is retiring.
http://goo.gl/F1O4v
3/06/12 (USA PA) USA Technologies Inc Bradley M. Tirpak, a nominee of Shareholder Advocates for Value Enhancement,has resigned from its board subsequent to a settlement agreement with the investing group, according to an SEC filing. Provides a network of wireless non-cash transactions, associated financial/network services and energy management. It provides networked credit card and other non-cash systems in the vending, commercial laundry, hospitality and digital imaging industries.
http://goo.gl/8oi7C
3/06/12 (UK) Sterling Green Group has announced that Philip Kanas, a non-executive director, has decided to resign
Sterling Green Group PLC became a cash shell following the disposal of their subsidiaries Taxdebts Ltd, Sterling Green (Mortgages) Ltd and the back books of the clients of Sterling Green Ltd. during December 2011.
http://goo.gl/qc3jB
3/06/12 (UK) Aberdeen Asset Management, non-executive director Gerhard Fusenig has resigned from the board.
http://goo.gl/ZIkvQ
3/07/12 (GERMANY) Deutsche Bank AG's (DB) Chief Risk Officer Hugo Baenzigeri to resign
http://goo.gl/MWqsH
3/07/12 (GERMANY) Deutsche Bank AG's (DB) Chief Operating Officer Hermann-Josef Lamberti to resign
http://goo.gl/MWqsH
3/07/12 (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES) Dubai Mercantile Exchange announced Thomas Leaver will step down as CEO
http://goo.gl/rfhWN
3/07/12 (SCOTLAND) Macfarlane Group Chairman Archie Hunter to step down after 8 years of service
http://goo.gl/RHllr
3/07/12 (USA) BlackRock Emerging Markets Fund co-head Daniel Tubbs, has left the group to pursue other opportunities.
http://goo.gl/CpEzZ
3/07/12 (UK) Goldman Sachs (GSI) Christopher French resigns from board
http://goo.gl/3yQDS
3/07/12 (UK) Goldman Sachs (GSI) David Wildermuth resigns from board
http://goo.gl/3yQDS
3/07/12 (UK) Goldman Sachs (GSI) Matthew Westerman resigns from board
http://goo.gl/3yQDS
3/07/12 (UK) Goldman Sachs (GSI) co-head of global mergers and acquisitions Yoel Zaoui resigns
http://goo.gl/3yQDS
3/07/12 (UK) Goldman Sachs (GSI) Phil Beatty resigned as head of European power and natural-gas trading
http://goo.gl/jqbYY
3/07/12 (SINGAPORE) Nikko Asset Management Timothy McCarthy is retiring as chairman and CEO at the end of the month
http://goo.gl/v8tcT
3/07/12 (HONG KONG) UBS Senior Asia Economist Jonathan Anderson Departs
http://goo.gl/09VqT
3/07/12 (HAITI) FORMER DIRECTOR HAITI CENTRAL BANK SLAIN! ⑆44541444⑈
http://goo.gl/UtVz3
3/07/12 (FRANCE) Société Générale Private Banking, Daniel Truchi is to step down as head of Société Générale Private Banking
http://goo.gl/XhgJ9
3/07/12 (AUSTRALIA) Customers Ltd, Tim Wildash has cashed himself out as chief executive of Australia’s largest ATM operator
http://goo.gl/eZJMb
3/07/12 (USA CA) CALSTRS, Pascal Villiger, senior private equity portfolio manager at the $145 billion California State Teachers’ Retirement System resigns
http://goo.gl/ub0ke
3/07/12 (USA) Astaire quits Bank of America Merrill to dance to Barclays Capital’s tune
http://goo.gl/Zv6Ny
3/07/12 (US NH) Susan Goodwin to Retire from Meredith Village Savings Bank
http://goo.gl/jEohF
3/07/12 (US TN) Dwight Grizzell Mountain National president and CEO, retires
http://goo.gl/h6oJO
3/08/12 (UK) Schroders, Chairman Michael Miles depart as fees, inflows drop. UK's biggest fund management firm.
goo.gl/TgURM
3/08/12 (USA NY) Schroders, CIO Alan Brown is steps down
http://goo.gl/ZTtYo
3/08/12 (USA IL) CBOE Executive Patrick Fay Put on Leave Amid SEC Probe
http://goo.gl/x5snO
3/08/12 (USA NH & RI) Bristol County Savings Bank president E. Dennis Kelly retires after 35 years
http://goo.gl/8KVKn
3/08/12 (GERMANY) Clearstream Banking AG – Katja Rosenkranz To Leave Deutsche Börse Group [stockmarket]
http://goo.gl/RiVNi
3/08/12 (UK) B&CE CEO Brian Griffiths is to retire later this year
http://goo.gl/AV7Sk
3/08/12 (UK) Invesco Trimark Ltd, portfolio manager Dana Love has resigned.
http://goo.gl/MyQ90
3/08/12 (ISRAEL) Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer will hand in his shock resignation in the coming days and take up a new position as head of the Bank of Zambia. Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz is believed to be furious with Fischer's decision. Treasury officials said he even canceled his participation in the office's annual Purim party in order to convince Fischer to reverse his decision.
http://goo.gl/0DlSA
3/08/12 (SOUTH AFRICA) Standard Bank Group Limited (SBK), board member Sir Paul Judge retires.
http://goo.gl/SjSPg
3/08/12 (SOUTH AFRICA) Standard Bank Groupl Limited (SBK), board member Sir Sam Jonah retires.
http://goo.gl/SjSPg
3/08/12 (Germany) Managing director and European head of securities lending at Deutsche Bank Ben Sofoluwe has left the company
http://goo.gl/uDnPZ
3/09/12 (MONGOLIA) Mongol Bank President Alag Batsukh submitted his resignation letter to Speaker of Parliament D. Demberel at the end of last month. He described his reason for resigning as a lack of support by Parliament.
http://goo.gl/RDmNx
3/09/12 (MONGOLIA) Asia Pacific Securities, General Manager Narantuguldur Saijrakh recently resigned, to focus on his role as Director of Khan Investment Management, investment advisor to the Khan Mongolia Equity Fund - the first open-ended investment vehicle with monthly dealing that invests in Mongolia related equities listed both domestically and internationally.
http://goo.gl/2T4R6
3/09/12 (Côte d’Ivoire) Banque Central des Etats d’Afrique de l’Ouest (BCEAO) The Ivorian governor of the multi-billion dollar West Africa Francophone bank, Philippe-Henry Dacoury-Tabley, resigned his post.
http://goo.gl/CevLn
3/09/12 (UK) Lazard , co-head of investment banking Alexis de Rosnay quits. De Rosnay specialises in the healthcare sector, he has advised Teva Pharmaceutical and Novartis.
http://goo.gl/3gzbi
3/09/12 (UK) Deutsche Bank PWM, UK head of portfolio management Martyn Surguy resigned.
http://goo.gl/5Ti2p
3/09/12 (UK) Deutsche Bank PWM, head of discretionary management, Kypros Charalambous, having also stepped down.
http://goo.gl/5Ti2p
3/09/12 (HONG KONG) Bank of America Merrill Lynch, K.J. Kim, responsible for Southeast Asia, resigned
http://goo.gl/sE7xh
3/09/12 (HONG KONG) Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Jimmy Choi, who was in charge of high-yield debt, resigned.
http://goo.gl/sE7xh
3/09/12 (HONG KONG) Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Leonard Ng, a vice-president in Hong Kong resigned.
http://goo.gl/sE7xh
3/09/12 (AUSTRALIA) Bank of Queensland CFO Ram Kangatharan plans to leave the bank.
http://goo.gl/ieNea
3/09/12 (USA) Cerberus Capital Management LP, CEO Robert Nardelli resigns.
http://goo.gl/9uKVx
3/09/12 (US OH) MORPC leader Chester Jourdan resigns
http://goo.gl/FIwVh
3/09/12 (US OH) Park National Corp.’s chief financial officer John Kozak retires
http://goo.gl/hUS18
3/10/12 (AUSTRALIA) WESTPAC, Rob Chapman opted to quit running its regional subsidiary St George Bank.
http://goo.gl/G6MD
3/10/12 (TURKEY) Garanti Bank, The deputy CEO of Turkish lender Tolga Egemen, has decided to quit.
http://goo.gl/vAMzV
3/10/12 (CHINA) Korea Development Bank, Shanghai unit senior manager Stella Wen resigned.
http://goo.gl/55CqZ
3/10/12 (HONG KONG) Deutsche Bank, Johan Sudiman resigns as director.
http://goo.gl/6CYGP
3/12/12 (USA) John Lewis Partnership Pension Trust, head of investments Andrew Chapman, resigns
http://goo.gl/hevqh
3/12/12 (USA CA) California’s Department of Financial Institutions, commissioner William Haraf resigned. The DFI did not say why he is leaving.
http://goo.gl/zquTc
3/12/12 (KUWAIT) Gulf Bank, Chairman Ali Rashaid Al Bader quits
http://goo.gl/LDz9b
3/12/12 (UK and IRELAND) Allfunds Bank, head of UK and Ireland Alan Gadd is stepping down from his role at the end of April.
http://goo.gl/4DF6i
3/12/12 (USA) ICAP, CEO of the electronic broking business David Rutter step down following a restructuring of the business.
http://goo.gl/SUHqW
3/12/12 (UK) SVG Capital, chairman Nicholas Ferguson resigns. His departure left him well placed to succeed James Murdoch as chairman of BSkyB should the latter bow to investor pressure and step down. Other investors in the satellite broadcaster suggested Ferguson might be seen as too close to Murdoch to win the support of institutional shareholders.
http://goo.gl/z19wH
3/12/12 (UK) Park Hill Group - Blackstone Group’s fundraising advisory arm, Managing Partner of private equity and hedge fund distribution Chris Leach resigns
http://goo.gl/jnHax
3/12/12 (UK) Park Hill Group - Blackstone Group’s fundraising advisory arm, Managing Partner Justin Bower resigns
http://goo.gl/jnHax
3/12/12 (UK) The chief executive David Rutter of the electronic broking business at interdealer broker Icap stepping down.
http://goo.gl/sxk4y
3/12/12 (SOUTH AFRICA) The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), CEO Paul Baloyi resigns.
http://goo.gl/yX4xo
3/12/12 (USA) Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc, CEO Bryan Marsal Resigns Title, Remains on as Adviser
http://goo.gl/1K9zV
3/12/12 (USA IL) CME Group Inc, CEO Craig Donohues will step down at year end.
http://goo.gl/lvzgC
3/13/12 (USA) Eaton Vance Corp, Treasurer and CFO Robert J. Whelan has stepped down.
http://goo.gl/oxmbL
3/12/12 (USA IL) CBOE Holdings Inc. (CBOE), senior compliance executive Patrick Fay has resigned. The options exchange being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Fay had been placed on leave after the SEC began investigating the options-market operator’s oversight of traders.
http://goo.gl/gj4W6
3/13/12 (USA) Mithras Investment Trust, chairman Mike Wooderson will step down
http://goo.gl/UjO2e
3/13/12 (USA) PHH Mortgage, President Luke Hayden resigned from to pursue what the company calls "other interests." http://goo.gl/iaqQf
3/13/12 (USA) PHH Mortgage, Treasurer Mark Johnson.resigned
http://goo.gl/iaqQf
3/13/12 (AUSTRALIA) WESTPAC, head of corporate affairs after David Bell decided to step down from the role. Bell is the latest top executive to leave the bank.
http://goo.gl/FntUz
3/13/12 (UK) Capula’s Systemic Trading Head Qiang Dai to Leave Fund
http://goo.gl/zkrN2
3/13/12 (UAE) National Bank of Abu Dhabi, CEO Michael Tomalin, will retire from the post in a few months.
http://goo.gl/dzBW8
3/13/12 (ISRAEL) Osem Investments Ltd, CEO Gazi Kaplan has tendered his resignation, effective April 2, citing heath reasons. Nestlé SA owns 58.8% of Osem.
http://goo.gl/t032l
3/13/12 (USA) Paulson & Co.'s, partner and head of the global bank team Robert Lacoursiere has quit to form his own hedge fund
http://goo.gl/I8UNd
3/13/12 (AUSTRALIA) ASX Ltd, Chairman David Gonski will step down from his role at Australia’s main stock market operator after being appointed to oversee almost A$90 billion ($95 billion) in the nation’s sovereign-wealth funds.
http://goo.gl/gJN33
3/13/12 (UK) JP Morgan, Asset Management European chief Jamie Broderick is to step down more than 20 years at the firm.
http://goo.gl/MV65V
3/13/12 (UK) SVG Chairman Nicholas Ferguson retires.
http://goo.gl/hTDDY
3/13/12 (UK) SVG Director Edgar Koning retires.
http://goo.gl/hTDDY
3/13/12 (UK) SVG Director Denis Raeburn retires.
http://goo.gl/hTDDY
3/13/12 (UK) SVG Director Francis Finlay retires.
http://goo.gl/hTDDY
3/13/12 (UK) Nomura's Kieran Higgins co-head of fixed income for Europe, the Middle East and Africa sacked
http://goo.gl/qK80I
3/13/12 (UK) Nomura Holdings Inc. (8604), Japan’s biggest securities firm, will cut about 30 managers in its fixed income unit based in London, Peter Hornick head of fixed income sales for the Americas sacked
http://goo.gl/qK80I
3/14/12 (UK) Global head of financial institutions strategic financing and solutions at Royal Bank of Scotland Antonion Polverino leaves
http://goo.gl/4pp3I
3/14/12 (UK) Goldmand Sachs, executive director and head of the firm’s United States equity derivatives business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Greg Smith, is resigning today.
http://americankabuki.blogspot.com/2012/03/why-i-am-leaving-goldman-sachs.html
3/14/12 (SOUTH AFRICA) ABSA chairman Garth Griffin to retire
http://goo.gl/Mhjb5
3/14/12 (UK) WorldSpreads, CEO Conor Foley resigns
http://goo.gl/GgT4z
3/15/12 (US WA) HomeStreet Bank, EVP and CFO David Hooston resigns
goo.gl/UUlc0
3/15/12 (DENMARK) Sparekassen Faaborg board member Steen Grønved Nielsen resigns
http://tinyurl.com/6rd3m74
3/15/12 (UK) RBC Capital Markets head of SSA syndicate desk Noel Williams resigns
http://tinyurl.com/7zcf4z8
3/15/12 (UK) Novia London sales manager Dave Chassell quits
http://tinyurl.com/7gx6sn2
3/15/12 (US CA) Prosper Finance (online venture captial services) CEO Chris Larsen steps down
http://tinyurl.com/6lhu8xx
3/15/12 (UK) The Royal British Legion’s (fund) director of corp. communications Stuart Gendall resigns
http://tinyurl.com/7bhtysl
3/15/12 (IRELAND) President of Sinn Fein USA (fund) Larry Downes steps down
http://tinyurl.com/7uqnwcg
3/16/12 (AUSTRALIA) Investorfirst CFO and company secretary Ariel Sivikofsky resigns
http://tinyurl.com/7jdshty
3/16/12 (MALAYSIA) Amanah Raya Bhd (trust) managing director Datuk Ahmad Rodzi Pawanteh steps down
http://tinyurl.com/7wbujpm
3/16/12 (UK) Towry (investment & fin. advice) Non-exec chairman Glyn Jones steps down
http://tinyurl.com/83g3y8b
3/16/12 (GERMANY) Deutsche Bank Chief risk officer (CRO)of Hugo Bänziger steps down
http://tinyurl.com/7pmal9k
3/16/12 (US IL) Henderson Global Investors Inc. head of the International Opportunities Fund Iain Clark steps down
http://tinyurl.com/7kfxz3j
3/16/12 (US CA) Executive VP and Chief Compliance Officer of Heritage Bank of Commerce Margaret Incandela resigns
http://tinyurl.com/6wcaqaz
3/16/12 (US VA) Genworth Financial board member J. Robert Kerrey resigns to campaign for senate seat
http://tinyurl.com/7566f74
3/16/12 (UK) CEO of the FSA (Financial Services Authority) Hector Sants to leave
http://tinyurl.com/7av7v5n>
3/19/12 (US IA) ISU Foundation (fund), President and CEO of the Dan Saftig to step down
http://tinyurl.com/7jvb24x
3/19/12 (BRAZIL) HSBC Brazil CEO Conrado Engel steps down
http://tinyurl.com/89uayoo
3/19/12 (UAE) Finance head at SNR Denton Islamic Sheikh Muddassir Siddiqui resignsto pursue advisory role
http://tinyurl.com/84avxch
3/19/12 (SWITZERLAND) Julius Baer bank’s chairman Raymond Baer steps down in a “surprise departure”
http://tinyurl.com/84gcl3z
3/19/12 (GERMANY) Deutsche Bank, asset management chief Kevin Parker to leave executive committee
http://goo.gl/ahZlJ
3/19/12 (GERMANY) Deutsche Bank, head of private wealth management Pierre de Weck resigns from executive committee
http://goo.gl/wRZkU
3/19/12 (HONG KONG) China Development Bank HK branch CEO Di Weiping retires
http://tinyurl.com/7xcskmp
3/19/12 (US ID) SunTrust Bank president and CEO Thomas Rueger to retire
http://tinyurl.com/7n2l6sr
3/19/12 (SWEDEN) AP6 (private equity) CEO Marianne Dicander Alexandersson steps down
http://tinyurl.com/7bnvygp
3/19/12 (SWITZERLAND) FINMA (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority) Vice-chair Monica Mächler to step down
http://tinyurl.com/7r9akho
3/19/2012 (US DE) David Folkwein, interim president and chief executive officer of Delaware County Bank, is leaving the position effective June 22
http://goo.gl/p6nxa
3/19/12 (Greece) Greek finance minister Venizelos resigns to head Socialist party
http://goo.gl/XMdQw
3/19/12 (BRAZIL) HSBC Brazil Chief Executive Conrado Engel Steps Down
http://goo.gl/LvtXe
3/16/12 (Cyprus) Cyprus Finance Minister Kikis Orcel resigns in spite of president's plea to stay
http://goo.gl/tbJI2
3/20/12 (KUWAIT) National Investments Co. chairman Yousef Al Majid resigns
http://tinyurl.com/7maw3xx
3/20/12 (UK) Bank of America, Co-head of distressed debt at Michael Guy resigns
http://tinyurl.com/75eml6v
3/20/12 (US PA) Penseco Financial Services Corp, Former state senator Robert J. Mellow resigns from board
http://tinyurl.com/6rxqeo9
3/20/12 (US TX) Acquisition chief Dan Magder quits Lone Star Investments
http://tinyurl.com/6qm2rj4
3/20/12 (NIGERIA) Chairman of House Committee on Capital Markets Hon. Herman Hembe resigns due to allegations of bribery
http://tinyurl.com/7r6dk54
3/20/12 (Hong Kong) Head of Deutsche Bank Asia-Pac Loh Boon Chye quits
http://tinyurl.com/6muckmq
3/20/12 (US NY) Deutsche Bank, head of asset management Kevin Parker steps down from executive committee
goo.gl/4NO66
3/20/12 (GERMANY) Deutsche Bank, Chairman and CEO Josef Ackermann exits with pension of €18.7 million
http://goo.gl/eiF39
3/20/12 (UK) Coller Capital, CEO Charles Hippsley has left to help lead a Christian organisation in London.
http://goo.gl/rVFz0
3/21/12 (GERMANY) Deutsche Bank AG, Co-head Wolfgang Hammes leaves
http://tinyurl.com/74ks8jk
3/21/12 (UK) Aviva Investor’s European equity head John Botham exits
http://tinyurl.com/7qwlc26
3/21/12 (CANADA) National Bank’s Ontaria, Atlantic region manager Mike Miller leaves
http://tinyurl.com/7kq4bdp
3/21/12 (UK) Royal Bank of Scotland Group’s global head of equity prime services Gregory Wagner resigns
http://tinyurl.com/6vz8f8k
3/21/12 (US DC) Liquidity Services Inc, Chief information officer Eric Dean resigns
http://tinyurl.com/7v2c4ku
3/21/12 (US NC) Bank of America Corp.’s salesman Michael Miller resigns
http://goo.gl/S4mwQ
3/21/12 (US NC) Bank of America Corp.’s salesman John Livingstone resigns
http://goo.gl/S4mwQ
3/21/12 (US NC) Bank of America Corp.’s Michael Case, a director of commercial mortgage security banking, resigns
http://goo.gl/S4mwQ
3/21/12 (US NC) Bank of America Corp.’s John Eck, a managing director of asset-based trading, resigns
http://goo.gl/S4mwQ
3/21/12 (US NC) Bank of America Corp.’s Seth Jacker, a managing director of mortgage sales, resigns
http://goo.gl/S4mwQ
3/21/12 (US NC) Bank of America Corp.’s John McNiff, a managing director who served as co-head of trading in commercial mortgage securities, resigns
http://goo.gl/V1c9R
3/21/12 (US NY) JP Morgan's adjustable-rate mortgages trader Roy Kim resigns
http://goo.gl/qvUH9
3/21/12 (US NY) JP Morgan's securitized-products salesman John Angelica resigns
http://goo.gl/qvUH9
3/21/12 (US NY) JP Morgan's co-head of trading in subprime mortgages Raphael Gonzalez resigns
http://goo.gl/qvUH9
3/21/12 (US TN) Chief financial officer for First Security Group, parent of FSGBank, William L. “Chip” Lusk Jr. Leaves. http://goo.gl/fNEg2
3/22/12 (UK) Global equity head Neil Rogan resigns from Henderson Global Investors
http://tinyurl.com/7v2c4ku
3/22/12 (NETHERLANDS) CIO at Nedlloyd Pension Fund Bert Tibben step down
http://goo.gl/NHE94
3/22/12 (UK) Bank of America Corp, chairman of global banking and markets, Andrea Orcel steps down, goes to UBS
http://goo.gl/AVXL2
3/22/12 (UK) Bank of America Corp, Jonathan Moulds steps down, helped build the bank’s over-the-counter derivatives trading business and held positions including global head of rate derivatives trading, head of global derivatives and head of global rates and commodities.
http://goo.gl/AVXL2
3/22/12 (CHINA) China Construction Bank, Zhang Enzhao resigns in the wake of bribery and corruption accusations Bank.
http://goo.gl/WfAio
3/22/12 (SWITZERLAND) Lombard Odier Investment Managers, Chief Investment officer for equities Aziz Nahas of , the asset management arm of the Swiss private bank resigns.
http://goo.gl/ny7dI
3/23/12 (SWITZERLAND) Credit Suisse, Peter Weibel will be resigning from the Board of Directors of both Credit Suisse Group AG and Credit Suisse AG as of the next Annual General Meeting on April 27, 2012.
http://goo.gl/USGHQ
3/23/12 (JAPAN) The head of Asia-Pacific at UBS Global Asset Management Christof Kutscher steps down
http://goo.gl/mUbqo
3/25/12 (EGYPT) National Bank of Egypt, CEO Tarek Amer said that he will step down from his position at the end of 2012.
http://goo.gl/tC7Ma
3/26/12 (HONG KONG) JP Morgan's most senior banker in Asia-Pacific, Gaby Abdelnour, will quit this summer to pursue personal interests
http://goo.gl/1J5ks
3/27/12 (ITALY) UniCredit SpA, Dieter Rampl to resign as chairman of the Italian bank, saying he would step down on April 19. Rampl will represent the bank on the board of Mediobanca (MB.MI), a smaller Italian bank in which UniCredit has a stake.
http://goo.gl/D3JTR
3/28/12 (RUSSIA) Bank of America sales director, George Kogan, who worked in Moscow leaves firm.
http://goo.gl/ivXhp
3/28/12 (RUSSIA) Bank of America, Dir. of equity sales trading, Ekaterina Myasina who worked in Moscow leaves firm.
http://goo.gl/ivXhp
3/28/12 (RUSSIA) Bank of America Sales Traders Alexander Orekhov who worked in Moscow left the firm.
http://goo.gl/ivXhp
3/28/12 (ZIMBABWE) CBZ Holdings, CEO Nyasha Makuvise has stepped down after serving for 16 years.
http://goo.gl/9Zxtn
3/29/12 (SRI LANKA) Seylan Bank, Eastman Narangoda steps down.
http://goo.gl/l6llO
3/29/12 (USA CT) Union Savings Bank CEO Jay C. Lent abruptly resigned Thursday, saying his "his heart is no longer into managing the Danbury lender". Lent, who took a three month leave of absence in October, cited personal reasons for his departure after spending 11 years at the bank.
http://goo.gl/sXZP6
3/30/12 (INDIA) IDBI Bank has announced that Mr Rakesh Singh, a director, has resigned from the bank's board. This follows his appointment as Chief Secretary of Punjab. Mr Singh, who was additional Secretary in the Department of Financial Services, was a Government nominee in IDBI Bank's board. He took charge as Chief Secretary of Punjab on March 26.
http://goo.gl/aKwmp
3/30/12 (UK) Bank of America Merrill Lynch, President of European business, Jonathan Moulds, is set to step down to pursue philanthropic activities, after almost two decades at the bank.
http://goo.gl/wdXRa
3/31/12 (HONG KONG) Credit Suisse Hong Kong Private Bank Location Head, James Hong, Steps Down
http://goo.gl/HUXI9
4/02/12 (UK) Royal Bank of Scotland, Simon Taylor, head of equities sales trading at Royal Bank of Scotland, has left the to rejoin JP Morgan after four years.
http://goo.gl/46TnS
4/02/12 (AUSTRIA) RZB, CEO Walter Rothensteiner resigned two years before the expiration of his term in office.
http://goo.gl/OteIR
4/02/12 (UK) British Bankers’ Association (BBA), CEO Angela Knight, to step down as CEO in the summer. The BBA is a century-old lobby group that oversees the London interbank offered rate (LIBOR).
http://goo.gl/G9MDq
4/02/12 (UK) J.P. Morgan Cazenove, One of London's most prominent bankers was fined 450,000 pounds for passing on inside information in a case that will embarrass his employer J.P. Morgan Cazenove and which marks a push by regulators to target high-profile figures. Top "rainmaker" Ian Hannam resigned on Tuesday, to fight the fine imposed by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) in relation to 2008 emails that contained information about one of his clients, Heritage Oil. The gruff former special forces soldier, who rose from humble beginnings, is the fifth person to be fined in relation to improper disclosure this year by the regulator, which has previously been accused of being ineffectual in its fight against financial crime. Of the five, Hannam is the most prominent.
http://goo.gl/wmO42
4/02/12 (NETHERLANDS) Rabobank Group Kees Beuving will step down as Chairman of the current Board of Management of Friesland Bank. He is making way for new members of the Board of Management.
http://goo.gl/dkykr
4/02/12 (NETHERLANDS) Rabobank Group Anne Vlaskamp has stated that, after 37 years of service at the bank, he sees this as a natural moment to step down and to give the new Board of Management the space to guide the integration.
http://goo.gl/dkykr
4/02/12 (JAPAN) UBS AG, chief equity strategist Shoji Hirakawa has left the firm
http://goo.gl/EtHOj
4/02/12 (JAPAN) UBS AG, Fumihide Goto, an analyst covering makers of electronic parts has left the firm
.http://goo.gl/EtHOj
4/02/12 (JAPAN) UBS AG, Shinsuke Iwasa, who covered media stocks has left the firm.
http://goo.gl/EtHOj
4/02/12 (JAPAN) UBS AG, Aya Fujiki, an insurance company analyst, has also left the company
http://goo.gl/EtHOj
4/03/12 (CHILE AND PERU) Deutsche Bank, Chairman for Chile and Peru, José Miguel Alcalde, has resigned after almost twelve years at the institution by his desire to spend more time with his family.
http://goo.gl/ArQfA
4/03/12 (INDIA) Avigo Capital Partners buyout specialist Girija Tripathy Quits, To Start Own Fund
http://goo.gl/VjvqV
4/03/12 (INDIA) BSE Ltd, Madhu Kannan quits to join Tata Sons. Kannan was instrumental in launching currency derivatives, SME Exchange and derivatives of four global indices trading on the exchange platform.
http://goo.gl/4l6au
4/03/12 (CYPRUS) Bank of Cyprus PLC, Christakis Christofides has resigned as a director effectove March 31, 2012.
http://goo.gl/aNzSN
4/04/12 (USA NY) Shearman & Sterling senior partner Rohan Weerasinghe has left the US firm to take up a new role at Citi.
Weerasinghe will take up his new position as general counsel and company secretary at the Wall Street investment bank.
http://goo.gl/4QUbK
4/05/12 (USA NY) Brian Sack to Resign from New York Federal Reserve Bank
http://goo.gl/E8RCo see also http://americankabuki.blogspot.com/2012/04/ny-federal-reserve-markets-group-chief.html
4/05/12 (UK) HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA), Europe’s largest bank, said commercial banking chief Sandy Flockhart will step down after 37 years at the company.
http://goo.gl/lkGBy
4/05/12 (EGYPT) Credit Agricole Egypt bank, Mohamed Lotfy Mansour resigned from his post as the CEO of the bank. Family members of two Mubarak-era ministers have left their posts on the board of Credit Agricole Egypt bank, state-run news agency MENA reported Tuesday. The Maghrabi and Mansour families together own 17 percent of the Cairo bank’s total capital of LE1.14 billion. Last year, an Egyptian court sentenced Maghrabi to five years in prison on charges of profiteering and abusing public funds.
http://goo.gl/suq4f
4/05/12 (EGYPT) Credit Agricole Egypt bank, Yaseen Mansour resigned as a board member. For details see Mohamed Lotf Mansour above.
http://goo.gl/suq4f
4/05/12 (EGYPT) Credit Agricole Egypt bank, Youssef Mansour resigned as a board member. For details see Mohamed Lotf Mansour above.
http://goo.gl/suq4f
4/06/12 (UAE - DUBAI) Deutsche Bank: MENA, Henry Azzam, the chairman of its Middle East and North Africa operations and one of the region's most senior bankers, has stepped down.
http://goo.gl/UXua1
4/06/12 (UAE - DUBAI) Shuaa Capital CEO Michael Philipp has stepped down
http://goo.gl/E9IqA
4/07/12 (MALTA) Fimbank director directors Gérard Lohier resigns
http://goo.gl/5IgRy
4/07/12 (MALTA) Fimbank director directors Pierre-Olivier Fragnière resigns
http://goo.gl/5IgRy
4/09/12 (USA FL) Florida Bank Chief credit officer Thomas Croom resigned as EVP and chief credit officer of Florida Bank. Croom resigned to pursue other employment opportunities.
http://goo.gl/eFgSy
4/09/12 (USA NY) Pioneer Bank CEO Eileen Bagnoli to retire after 40 years.
http://goo.gl/e9I72
4/09/12 (UK) HSBC Holdings plc, Sandy Flockhart is retiring as an executive director
http://goo.gl/O84Uo
4/10/12 (USA PA) The Federal Reserve ordered Louis A. DeNaples to step down from his position as chairman of the board of First National Community Bancorp of Dunmore, Pa., following a settlement he reached with prosecutors following perjury charges. DeNaples must also submit a plan for selling his controlling stakes in First National and another bank.
http://goo.gl/6Yrrr
4/10/12 (POLAND) Bank Millennium SA, CEO Boguslaw Kott, will leave the bank's top job by June 2013 after heading the lender since 1989, Millennium said Tuesday. Millennium's troubled owner, Banco Comercial Portugues S/A (BCP.LB), had put its Polish unit up for sale last year because of a heavy debt load, but dropped the plan after restructuring its balance sheet.
http://goo.gl/B8tIQ
4/10/12 (USA NY) Goldman Sachs, co-head of global M&A Yoel Zaoui is stepping down. Zaoui has been with G.S., for 25 years.
http://goo.gl/LuDQT
4/13/12 (GERMANY) Deutsche Bank economist Thomas Mayer to step down.
http://goo.gl/L6y21
4/13/12 (USA) Bank of America chief information officer Marc Gordon has quit and embarking on a "personal change in direction" says a statement given to Reuters.
http://goo.gl/T5bXt
4/13/12 (USA) Barclays Bank, US wealth unit COO Ian Lowitt to depart
http://goo.gl/4vnDm
4/15/12 (JAPAN) Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Hiroshi Okuda, governor of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, has stepped down as an adviser to Toyota Motor Corp after becoming the bank's head as of April 1. Okuda no longer holds a position at the major automaker after the government-owned bank said it was undesirable for Okuda to keep titles at a private company while serving as the bank's head.
http://goo.gl/4WufA

Apologies for the absenteeism

2012-04-14T07:31:00.002-07:00

I've been away from this blog even though I had intended to fill it up with wonder... I got spooked and backed off for a bit while I figured out what to do.

I've also been thinking about the fact that I have strong reservations about discussing material for which I cannot provide strong factual or logical support. Epiphany: nobody gives a shit. Even assuming people read this, reason and logic stopped being fads a few decades ago. I'm not trying to impress anyone but myself.

That's a load off my mind.